- A Possible Quantum Computing Boost, https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.250501?utm_campaign=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailalert
- Universe Preceded by an Antiuniverse?, https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.251301?utm_campaign=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailalert
- Aging Voyager 1 spacecraft undermines idea that dark matter is tiny black holes, http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/aging-voyager-1-spacecraft-undermines-idea-dark-matter-tiny-black-holes
- Pluto Probe Encounters a Pristine World in the Solar System’s Suburbs, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pluto-probe-encounters-a-pristine-world-in-the-solar-systems-suburbs1/
Reading List (Dec 31, 2018)
- Arts & Culture: A Journal for the Polymath, https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/128?utm_campaign=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailalert
- Why statistical significance is worthless in science, https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2018/12/17/why-statistical-significance-is-worthless-in-science/
- The Eternal Return: Nietzsche’s Brilliant Thought Experiment Illustrating the Key to Existential Contentment, https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/12/19/hiking-with-nietzsche-john-kaag-eternal-return/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+brainpickings/rss+(Brain+Pickings)
- CUNY Coders Hope to Fill Amazon’s Queens Headquarters, https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuny-coders-hope-to-fill-amazons-queens-headquarters-11545652801
- It’s a Great Age for Jazz, but Don’t Call It Golden, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/opinion/jazz-golden-age-esperanza-spalding-kamasi-washington.html
Reading List (Dec 23, 2018)
- Computational Speedups Using Small Quantum Devices, https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.250501
- Big Data – Poor Science, https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/big-data-poor-science-4/
- 24 Cognitive Biases Warping Your Reality, https://ritholtz.com/2018/12/24-cognitive-biases-warping-your-reality/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheBigPicture+(The+Big+Picture)
- Is Screen Time Bad for Kids’ Brains?, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/health/screen-time-kids-psychology.html
- The Eternal Return: Nietzsche’s Brilliant Thought Experiment Illustrating the Key to Existential Contentment, https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/12/19/hiking-with-nietzsche-john-kaag-eternal-return/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+brainpickings/rss+(Brain+Pickings)
Reading List (Dec 16, 2018)
- Why all models are wrong, https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/why-all-models-are-wrong/
- Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html
- Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms, https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/10/tread-softly-because-you-tread-on-23bn-tonnes-of-micro-organisms
- “Spy” Virus Eavesdrops on Bacteria, Then Obliterates Them, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spy-virus-eavesdrops-on-bacteria-then-obliterates-them/
- Fun with Forecasting, 2018 edition!, https://ritholtz.com/2018/12/fun-with-forecasting-2018-edition/
Reading List (Dec 9, 2018)
- Quantum Entanglement With 10 Billion Atoms, https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.220404?utm_campaign=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailalert
- Computing with Wi-Fi Waves, https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/124?utm_campaign=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailalert
- A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play, http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1140
Reading List (Dec 2, 2018)
- 14 great science and tech books to give as presents this Christmas, newscientist.com
- Winter reading, tbp
- NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx set to start mission at asteroid Bennu, newscientist.com
- Majesty and wonder: a virtual, real-time ride around Earth on the ISS, aeon.co
- Missed Connection or Canceled Flight? 6 Tips for Getting What You Want From an Airline, nytimes.com
Reading List (Nov 18, 2018)
- The Growing Use of Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services, federalreserve.gov
- Calibration — an economics fraud kit, larspsyll.wordpress.com
- Observation of a Space-Time Crystal in a Superfluid Quantum Gas, aps.org
- Quantum Hopfield neural network, aps.org
- Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’, sciencemag.org
Reading List (Nov 12, 2018)
- Record Distance for Quantum Cryptography, aps.org
- History of Dark Matter, aps.org
- Trolling the Monster in the Heart of the Milky Way, nyt.com
- The Wall Street Math Hustle, institutionalinvestor.com
Reading List (Oct 28, 2018)
- Simulation of Nonequilibrium Dynamics on a Quantum Computer, aps.org
- IBM to Acquire Red Hat, wsj.com
- It’s Becoming Increasingly Unlikely that We’ll See a Major Shift To Virtual Reality Any Time Soon, slashdot.org
- Which Planets Do Space Scientists Love Most—and Least?, scientificamerican.com
- What a massive database of retracted papers reveals about science publishing’s ‘death penalty’, sciencemag.org
Reading List (Oct 21, 2018)
- Computational complexity, step by step, sciencemag.org
- Why the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Has Many Problems, quantamagazine.org
- Trump Models U.S. Economy on Kansas, bloomberg.com
- Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease, cnn.com
- The art of attention, aeon.co
- Watching a Country Make a Fool of Itself, spiegel.de
- The American Economy Is Rigged, scientificamerican.com