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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-08 16:40:53

At a clandestine math conclave in Berkeley in May, a chatbot powered by o4-mini answered some of the hardest solvable problems much faster than a mathematician (Lyndie Chiou/Scientific American)
scientificamerican.com/article…

Inside the Secret Meeting Where Mathematicians Struggled to Outsmart AI
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-06-01 05:37:33

Why Trump’s push for
‘gold-standard science’
has researchers alarmed
A new term keeps popping up in messages from Trump administration scientific agencies
— a pledge to restore “gold-standard science.”

Many scientists say the opposite is happening.

The administration’s
“MAHA Report,”
intended to diagnose the root cause of poor health in American children,
was written by Cabinet officials and political appointees,
most of whom lack…

Why Trump’s push for ‘gold-standard science’ has researchers alarmed
Many scientists fear the Trump administration’s new standard means putting political appointees in charge, which could undercut independent research.

@marcel@waldvogel.family
2025-06-01 11:25:56

For those who think that going out is the wrong thing to do today: Here's a quick puzzle for you.
#MathPuzzle #ScientificAmerican #DicePuzzle

Image from the Puzzle section of the printed edition of Scientific American: Math Puzzle Construct the Dice By Hans-Karl Eder Marie has one regular die labeled with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and a second cube that is completely blank. She labels this cube in a special way. If you roll both dice, you can get the following totals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. The special part: all 12 total vaslues are equally likely to be rolled. How did Marie label the cube? For…
@mho@social.heise.de
2025-05-28 20:35:25

"A mere decade ago, astronomers knew of just 62 #moons around #Saturn. Today the ringed #planet boasts a staggering 274 official satellites. That’s more than any other world in the solar system—and far…

Saturn Has 274 Known Moons—Thanks in Large Part to This Astronomer
Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons

@gfriend@mas.to
2025-05-21 18:22:10

A strange political story that somehow seems strangely relevant today.
apple.news/AZzxjXuHrQNuJ_10aeK

Voting to Change the Value of Pi — Scientific American
How an incorrect value of pi almost got codified into law