Risky Giant Steps Can Solve Optimization Problems Faster

“It turns out that we did not have full understanding” of the theory behind gradient descent, said Shuvomoy Das Gupta, an optimization researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now, he said, we’re “closer to understanding what gradient descent is doing.” The technique itself is deceptively simple. It uses something called a cost function, which… Continue reading Risky Giant Steps Can Solve Optimization Problems Faster

Miranda Devine, the Bidens’ Gadfly

Donald Trump has been indicted for a third time. Special counsel Jack Smith has charged the former president with four counts of conspiracy and obstruction for his actions leading up to the events of January 6, 2021. This indictment follows Alvin Bragg’s in New York—pertaining to Trump’s alleged campaign-finance violations in 2015 and 2016, as… Continue reading Miranda Devine, the Bidens’ Gadfly

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The Cryptographer Who Ensures We Can Trust Our Computers

Quanta Magazine > 0; if (typeof predicate !== ‘function’) { throw new TypeError(‘predicate must be a function’); } var thisArg = arguments[1]; var k = 0; while (k We care about your data, and we’d like to use cookies to give you a smooth browsing experience. Please agree and read more about our privacy policy.Agree… Continue reading The Cryptographer Who Ensures We Can Trust Our Computers

How Genetic Surprises Complicate the Old Doctrine of DNA

Does an unseen force lurk within genetics? Biologists have made enormous strides over the past 100 years in understanding the role of the millions of parcels that convey our genetic information — DNA, RNA and proteins. But they have also learned about undetectable interactions between these biochemical agents, hiding in their midst like ghosts in… Continue reading How Genetic Surprises Complicate the Old Doctrine of DNA

Your Mysterious Experiences! (5th Anniversary)

Podcast: Download MYS271: It’s our 5th anniversary and to celebrate this milestone, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli have collected amazing mysterious experiences from our listeners to share some of them and then discuss them from the faith and reason perspectives. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode… Continue reading Your Mysterious Experiences! (5th Anniversary)

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The World’s Oldest Moss Outlived the Dinosaurs, but It May Not Survive Climate Change

CLIMATEWIRE | For nearly 400 million years, the world’s oldest moss has survived the shifting landscapes of planet Earth. Takakia, as the genus is known by scientists, has lived through ice ages and mass extinctions, and endured age after age of natural warming and cooling. It outlasted the dinosaurs, and it was there when the first… Continue reading The World’s Oldest Moss Outlived the Dinosaurs, but It May Not Survive Climate Change

Ninth Dedekind Number Found by Two Independent Groups

Richard Dedekind was a 19th-century mathematical giant, responsible for reshaping the field right down to its foundations. He was the first to give a rigorous definition of infinity; he also came up with the definition of the real numbers that form the basis of much of modern mathematics. In 1897, he published an investigation into… Continue reading Ninth Dedekind Number Found by Two Independent Groups

For Washington Post’s Feared ‘Pinocchio’ Fact Checker, Forthrightness Dies in ‘Updates’ to Biden-Burisma Story

“The Washington Post and other media have tried to squelch the scandal of Joe Biden potentially using his high office to enrich himself and his family,” said a congressional investigator for a GOP-led committee. “Almost nobody is fact-checking these biased fact checkers, and they carry a lot of weight and authority.”  Original article: “Officials who worked for… Continue reading For Washington Post’s Feared ‘Pinocchio’ Fact Checker, Forthrightness Dies in ‘Updates’ to Biden-Burisma Story

How to Protect Yourself from Ticks and the Dangerous Diseases They Spread

Summer is the season for stone fruit, pool parties, cookouts and, increasingly for Americans, ticks. Ecologist Felicia Keesing had an uncanny sense for ticks for as long as she could remember. If one bit her, she could feel it and would quickly pluck it off with tweezers. But last year this superpower failed her when… Continue reading How to Protect Yourself from Ticks and the Dangerous Diseases They Spread

AI Promises Humanity One Last Job. Helping AI Help Humanity

From dethroning chess masters and game show champions to outperforming radiologists, the dazzling—and at times overwhelming—world of artificial intelligence raises deep questions about the future of human jobs. In the last century, our capacity to store and process data has soared, with electronics marching from the vacuum tube to the transistor to today’s semiconductor chips.… Continue reading AI Promises Humanity One Last Job. Helping AI Help Humanity