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Some of Fields medalist Alain Connes' revolutionary ideas shed light on how to understand the 'zoo' of elementary particles thrown up by accelerators like the LHC. If Connes is right, the key to the fundamental nature of matter lies in graffiti carved on a bridge in Dublin in 1843.
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This continues Don Albers’ long interview of Gardner from last week. Or, start from the beginning. Adam, Eve, and Navels DA: In 1979, you talked about retiring from Scientific American that year, because you were going to turn 65. Some of us expressed real sadness at the fact that you weren’t going to be cranking […]
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“Most counterterrorism policies fail, not because of tactical problems, but because of a fundamental misunderstanding of what motivates terrorists in the first place,” begins a WIRED piece by Bruce Schneier entitled The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists. According to Laurent Murawiec, he's missing the point.
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The New York Times Magazine reported a few days ago on the frustrations of lawmakers in Congress. ‘The way [Republican Representative] Davis sees it, the system has become dysfunctional. Bush has so destroyed the party’s public standing and Congress has become so infected with a win-at-all-costs mentality that there is no point in staying. “You […]
Read MoreLast chance! You guys rock–it makes me sad that I don’t have enough spare copies to give to the great entries I’ve been getting. I will be back momentarily with this week’s puzzle. First: Four bugs sit 10 inches apart in a square. They move toward each other, forming a logarithmic spiral. How far do […]
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Continuing his series of posts on space and time, Shahn Majid examines some of coauthor Roger Penrose’s revolutionary ideas. Could we, today, see remnants of a previous universe? Past lives and life after death are paltry matters compared to Roger Penrose’s latest ideas about the origin and fate of the Universe itself. In his chapter […]
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"I can’t make hollandaise sauce—it’s too hard." No single recipe epitomizes everything people love and fear about French cuisine more fully than hollandaise sauce. Not to worry. Hollandaise itself descends directly from one of the oldest and most celebrated recipes in the history of French cuisine and, in its original form, it is not nearly as intimidating as cooks now find it.
Read MoreWe get news from Iraq, when it pierces the coverage of our tanking economy, that jihadists are scrambling to assert their cause against a population that is turning away from them. Surprising, but not actually. In a country torn by years of violence, people swept up in the initial rhetoric get sick of it all. […]
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