Something is deeply wrong at Harvard. Not just a moral failing. Not just a bureaucratic stumble. But an existential crisis in broad daylight, unfolding as the nation watches the university’s leadership capitulate to ideological radicals while its reputation, and its soul, bleed out. As a Palestinian human rights activist, I have visited the campus numerous… Continue reading Something Is Deeply Wrong at Harvard
The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat
The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat Temperatures are rising, and so are mental health risks By Madhusree Mukerjee edited by Dean Visser A man walks with an umbrella to protect himself from the heat as a yellow alert is issued by the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) because of… Continue reading The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat
St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes
St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes < !- end of Google Analytics Code Snippet by GA4WP–> // tabnab protection window.addEventListener(‘load’, function () { // make all links have rel=”noopener noreferrer” document.querySelectorAll(‘a[target=”_blank”]’).forEach(link => { link.setAttribute(‘rel’, ‘noopener noreferrer’); }); }); ]]> Podcast: Download MYS369: Did the 12th century Irish bishop St. Malachy predict the popes through the… Continue reading St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes
First Map Made of a Solid’s Secret Quantum Geometry
Famously, at the quantum scale, particles can be in multiple possible locations at once. A particle’s state spreads out like a wave, peaking where the particle is likely to be found. When you measure its position, this spread-out state, known as a wave function, transforms into a single definite location. The full shape of the… Continue reading First Map Made of a Solid’s Secret Quantum Geometry
Tipping the Scales: Why So Many Cases Against Trump Are Heard by Democrat-Appointed Judges
As the Trump administration faces substantial pushback in the courts, including an unprecedented wave of nationwide injunctions halting its policies, some are claiming that his opponents are tilting the scales of justice by selectively bringing their lawsuits before sympathetic courts in a practice called “forum shopping.” They note that three-quarters of the lower court justices… Continue reading Tipping the Scales: Why So Many Cases Against Trump Are Heard by Democrat-Appointed Judges
Bizarre Quantum Universe
Bizarre Quantum Universe Even how matter exists in the first place is a mystery to physicists By Andrea Gawrylewski In 2022 three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for proving something astonishing: the universe is not locally real. In other words, particles don’t have fixed properties until they are measured. Although it seems to… Continue reading Bizarre Quantum Universe
The Rule of Law: A Visit to Immigration Court
NEW ORLEANS—In drab, windowless rooms strung along a tight corridor, migrants who have flooded into the United States in recent years trickle before immigration judges each weekday morning. These makeshift courtrooms are a far cry from the scorched border with Mexico and busy ports and airports through which these millions of immigrants have entered the… Continue reading The Rule of Law: A Visit to Immigration Court
New Quantum Algorithm Factors Numbers With One Qubit
In the past, researchers have tried to improve on Shor’s algorithm for factoring by simulating a qubit using a continuous system, with its expanded set of possible values. But even if your system computes with continuous qubits, it will still need a lot of them to factor numbers, and it won’t necessarily go any faster.… Continue reading New Quantum Algorithm Factors Numbers With One Qubit
James Madison’s Appeal to Reasonable Discourse
On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose before Congress and performed an about-face. The founder who had opposed the addition of a bill of rights to the Constitution conceded to pressure from advocates of adding amendments to protect Americans against abuses of government power. He gave a speech in which he defended amendments he never… Continue reading James Madison’s Appeal to Reasonable Discourse
Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill
Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time and the latter a point in space, but in both cases the normally interwoven threads of space and time seem to stop short. These mysterious points are known as… Continue reading Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill