Number Theorist James Maynard Wins the Fields Medal

In 2013, one of the best — but also one of the worst — things that can happen to a mathematician happened to James Maynard. Fresh out of graduate school, he solved one of the discipline’s oldest and most central problems, about the spacing of prime numbers. It was an achievement that ordinarily would have… Continue reading Number Theorist James Maynard Wins the Fields Medal

Biden Signs Executive Order In Attempt To Safeguard Abortion Access After Flood Of Criticism

The Biden administration is desperately attempting last-ditch efforts at protecting legal access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s monumental overturning of Roe v. Wade, with  the President signing an an executive order Friday aimed at “protecting access to reproductive health.” Despite Biden calling the court’s decision a “tragic error” – fellow Democrats… Continue reading Biden Signs Executive Order In Attempt To Safeguard Abortion Access After Flood Of Criticism

Mark Braverman Wins the IMU Abacus Medal

By the time he was 17, Mark Braverman had lived in three countries and spoke as many languages. But though he doesn’t have a hometown, he’s quick to call theoretical computer science his home. “Theoretical computer science is whatever you want it to be,” he said in his airy office at Princeton University, sitting between… Continue reading Mark Braverman Wins the IMU Abacus Medal

The One Commodity That Won’t Stop Soaring

Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, In the past week, nearly all commodity markets have crashed amid growing fears of a recession, but one commodity price continues to rise. A combination of reduced supply from Russia and an outage at the U.S. Freeport LNG facility has sent natural gas prices soaring. One analyst compared today’s… Continue reading The One Commodity That Won’t Stop Soaring

The Edge of Armageddon (Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy, Khrushchev)

Podcast: Download MYS214: In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world the brink of nuclear war, 3 times just on one day. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how we can to the edge of Armageddon and avoided it, as well as the aftermath and ramifications of the crisis. Get all new episodes automatically… Continue reading The Edge of Armageddon (Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy, Khrushchev)

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AI Makes Strides in Virtual Worlds More Like Our Own

That’s not to say the work is finished. “It’s much less real than the real world, even the best simulator,” said Daniel Yamins, a computer scientist at Stanford University. With colleagues at MIT and IBM, Yamins co-developed ThreeDWorld, which puts a strong focus on mimicking real-life physics in virtual worlds — things like how liquids… Continue reading AI Makes Strides in Virtual Worlds More Like Our Own

Something Snaps In The US Labor Market: Full, Part-Time Workers Plunge As Multiple Jobholders Soar

Something odd emerges when looking at the June payrolls report. On one hand, the closely followed establishment survey came in red hot, and despite dropping modestly from May, it still printed some 100K above the median consensus expectation, printing at 372K… … and with wages coming in line, rising 0.3% M/M or 5.1% Y/Y, it… Continue reading Something Snaps In The US Labor Market: Full, Part-Time Workers Plunge As Multiple Jobholders Soar

The 2022 House Midterm by the Numbers

Midterm elections involve high stakes, a great deal of groundless guessing, and lots of numbers – oddly similar to lotteries. Unlike lotteries, though, the many numbers associated with midterm elections are meaningful. The six meaningful midterm “lotto” numbers below should help historically ground your anticipation of what is likely or unlikely to happen in this… Continue reading The 2022 House Midterm by the Numbers

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