From In a flight of starlings: the wonders of complex systems by Giorgio Parisi. Copyright © Giorgio Parisi, 2023. Published in agreement with Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Random House LLC. The birth of ideas is a topic that many scientists have addressed in their writings. Let’s start with the famous French mathematicians Henri … Read more
(NewsNation) Nearly a decade ago, a meteor traveling faster than 95 percent of nearby stars crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb says there’s a possibility it wasn’t a space rock at all. Loeb has just returned from an excursion in the Pacific Ocean, the purpose of which was to recover pieces … Read more
(NewsNation) Nearly a decade ago, a meteor traveling faster than 95 percent of nearby stars crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb says there’s a possibility it wasn’t a space rock at all. Loeb has just returned from an excursion in the Pacific Ocean, the purpose of which was to recover pieces … Read more
The OceanGate Titan submersible, the first deep-sea vehicle with a hull composed primarily of carbon fibers, recently exploded in the Atlantic Ocean, killing five crew members. Experts, including Arun Bansil, a distinguished physics professor at Northeastern, are investigating the possibility that the vessel’s experimental carbon-fiber hull, built in just six weeks, may have been a … Read more
