If there’s one law of physics that seems easy to grasp, it’s the second law of thermodynamics: Heat flows spontaneously from hotter bodies to colder ones. But now, gently and almost casually, Alexssandre de Oliveira Jr. has just shown me I didn’t truly understand it at all. Take this hot cup of coffee and this… Continue reading A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness
Defending Against Mass Shooters
The latest spate of mass shootings across America understandingly raises safety concerns, but there are some effective and efficient measures that can be taken to defend against such attacks. New attention has been focused on the issue by recent shootings, including attacks on a Michigan Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Dallas Immigration… Continue reading Defending Against Mass Shooters
What State-by-State Rules Mean for Your COVID Shot
Confusion over vaccine recommendations in the U.S. has hit a boiling point as the responsibility for handling them has spilled onto individual states. Regulators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration have long provided trusted national guidance on who should get certain vaccines and when. But now reports… Continue reading What State-by-State Rules Mean for Your COVID Shot
Cruise Missiles Are the Present and Future of Warfare
There are two competing narratives about the future of warfare. For nearly the past two years, drones and artillery have been hailed as the way forward. The June 2025 Iran-Israel war revived the view that stealth warplanes are the future. These are two fundamentally different views, however, neither truly unseats the consistently outperforming and cost… Continue reading Cruise Missiles Are the Present and Future of Warfare
The Nephilim (Bible Mystery: Aliens? Angels? Something Else?)
The Nephilim (Bible Mystery: Aliens? Angels? Something Else?) < !- 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 MYS386: Were the Nephilim of Genesis 6 aliens or human-alien hybrids? Jimmy… Continue reading The Nephilim (Bible Mystery: Aliens? Angels? Something Else?)
Secrets of DeepSeek AI Model Revealed in Landmark Paper
September 17, 2025 4 min read Secrets of DeepSeek AI Model Revealed in Landmark Paper The first peer-reviewed study of the DeepSeek AI model shows how a Chinese start-up firm made the market-shaking LLM for $300,000 By Elizabeth Gibney & Nature magazine DeepSeek says its R1 model did not learn by copying examples generated by… Continue reading Secrets of DeepSeek AI Model Revealed in Landmark Paper
Paper Chase: A Global Industry Fuels Scientific Fraud in the U.S.
In southern India, a new enterprise called Peer Publicon Consultancy offers a full suite of services to scientific researchers. It will not only write a scholarly paper for a fee but also guarantee publishing the fraudulent work in a respected journal. It is one of many “paper mills” that have emerged across Asia and Eastern… Continue reading Paper Chase: A Global Industry Fuels Scientific Fraud in the U.S.
This Global Treasure Hunt Has Been Going for 25 Years
Bryan Roth had been hiking and scrambling for a while, with drop-offs evident around him, when his guides held out coveralls and pointed between two rocks. “We have to go in the hole,” one said. Roth was standing at the edge of a cave in Pirkanmaa, Finland. Inside, he knew, was a geocache: a container… Continue reading This Global Treasure Hunt Has Been Going for 25 Years
Preparing for the Death of Putin
Benjamin Franklin wrote that nothing is certain but death and taxes. In Russia, one might quip that only death and the overwhelming power of the tsar are constant. But what happens when the tsar dies? Vladimir Putin is the longest-serving Russian ruler since Joseph Stalin. He turns 73 on Oct. 7, old for a Russian,… Continue reading Preparing for the Death of Putin
How One AI Model Creates a Physical Intuition of Its Environment
Here’s a test for infants: Show them a glass of water on a desk. Hide it behind a wooden board. Now move the board toward the glass. If the board keeps going past the glass, as if it weren’t there, are they surprised? Many 6-month-olds are, and by a year, almost all children have an… Continue reading How One AI Model Creates a Physical Intuition of Its Environment