Ian Robinson<p>Quanta Magazine has filled the void in my layperson science reading left by the deterioration of New Scientist. </p><p>You should subscribe to their website RSS feed and their YouTube channel. Both are free and bloody marvellous. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/114978356463485340" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/1</span><span class="invisible">14978356463485340</span></a></p>
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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2261049/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2261049/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gravity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/262093/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/262093/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ComputerScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerScience</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
gclef<p>"To better understand climate-related impacts and to create more effective adaptation strategies we need regional models that incorporate contextual data like disease spread and population growth."</p><p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-regional-models-advance-climate-science-20250710/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/how-can-reg</span><span class="invisible">ional-models-advance-climate-science-20250710/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClimateDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiary</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ElNi%C3%B1o" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElNiño</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LaNi%C3%B1a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaNiña</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nile</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Flood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flood</span></a></p>
Divitiacus<p>Quanta Magazine has an excellent series if articles about AI and how it works. Whether it is the technology behind AI or an historic overview how the appearance of LLM did upset the academic field of Natural Language Processing, each article covers a specific aspect of the topic.<br><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/series/science-in-the-age-of-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/series/scie</span><span class="invisible">nce-in-the-age-of-ai/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ki</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1972133/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1972133/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Scientists Are Mapping the Boundaries of What Is Knowable and Unknowable <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Daniel<p>The recent hash table article published in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> is a reminder of the massive gap between theory and practice</p><p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture-20250210/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/undergradua</span><span class="invisible">te-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture-20250210/</span></a></p><p>The research is about theoretical results: no care for hardware, cache hierarchies, use-cases or workloads, or that you can grow a hash table. The results have zero practical impact.</p><p>On the other hand you have modern hash tables like Swiss Tables and F14 built by engineers at Google and Meta powering massive and global workloads.</p><p>Two separate worlds.</p>
Jon Sullivan<p>Here’s an interesting article in <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/QuantaMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantaMagazine</span></a> about advances in our understanding of how small animals like <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/honeybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honeybees</span></a> sense and use electrostatic forces.</p><p>I like research like this that emphasises that what people sense as "normal" is very much a result of our scale.</p><p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-world-of-electrostatic-ecology-20240930/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-</span><span class="invisible">world-of-electrostatic-ecology-20240930/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/senses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senses</span></a></p>
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