Astronomers are calling on nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground, calling it the latest threat to the dark and quiet sky.

Two Bites of Data Science in K : Here are two digestible examples of data analysis using [K][]. Both cases are afternoon-scale projects I've done in the last few weeks. [K]: https://wiki.k-language.dev/wiki/Main_Page

The new ability to pinpoint sources of fast radio bursts places one recent burst in a surprising location.

Bacteria (and Their Metabolites) and Depression

Research led by Professor Tobin Filleter (MIE) could benefit industries from automotive to aerospace

I recently talked about (in https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/113873092369347147) how solutions in a dynamical systems can be roughly divided into an effective dynamics regime, where simplifying principles such as linearity can be reasonably good approximations…

Letters: Significant obstacles lie ahead in the quest for commercially viable nuclear fusion, writes Luca Garzotti

Eros, desire, instinct, eternity

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site. Data related to Earth impact risk, close-approaches, and much more.

I was sending an email when a little magic wand popped up that said “Polish” and I thought that was weird because why would I want to translate my email into Polish? I tried to click on…

The plot thickens.

OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.

According to a recent legal memo, Silicon Valley's hottest business may be entirely based around criminal activity.

DeepSeek Open-Source LLMs win trust & lower costs, but won’t dethrone OpenAI yet. See why open models thrive in infra—but proprietary still leads.