The Strange Geometry of Hyperbolic Surfaces
A powerful new proof extends the late Maryam Mirzakhani’s work on hyperbolic surfaces, showing that most of them have an important geometric property. The result greatly advances our understanding of these exotic shapes. Associated paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12268 Read more at Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org/years-after-the-early-death-of-a-math-genius-her-ideas-gain-new-life-20250303/ #science #mathematics #geometry ——– Quanta Magazine is anContinue Reading
The Hidden Cost of Amazon Prime Day
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Italian authorities seize 377 exotic animals hidden in car at Sicily port
A Maltese man is facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly attempting to transport 300 tortoises and 77 parrots from Sicily to Malta. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 The animals were found packed into a car near the boarding area for a Malta-bound catamaran during an inspection atContinue Reading
Germany’s spy chief warns risk of ‘violent conflict’ with Russia | DW News
Martin Jaeger, the head of foreign intelligence service, the BND warned that Germany’s confrontation with Russia is becoming more dangerous, as Moscow ramps up what he described as a ‘shadow war’ against European democracies. DW political correspondent Simon Young has more on the intelligence chief’s testimony before the parliamentary foreignContinue Reading
Falling For Misinformation: Melanie Trecek-King, CSICon 2024
From Skeptical Inquirer: “Have you ever wondered why even smart people fall for hoaxes, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories? Or why giving people facts doesn’t change their minds? This presentation explores how our brains and social circles can make us vulnerable to false or misleading information and how curiosity and skepticismContinue Reading
Super El Niño is here. What’s so super about it?
This year, federal forecasters say the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. Here’s what you need to know. (Image credit: NOAA Satellites)Continue Reading
Native nations sue over Endangered Species Act changes
Environmental work being done by tribes across the country will be made more difficult now that the The Traitor administration has more narrowly defined ‘harm.’ The post Native nations sue over Endangered Species Act changes appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Romanian president signs law regulating bear population cull
In recent years Romania has increasingly seen bears wandering into towns and villages, and the number of bear attacks has risen sharply., Read MoreContinue Reading
Supreme Court Considers States’ Ability to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Climate Deception and Harms
The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in the case of Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. The case, which was heard by eight justices panel after Justice Samuel Alito recused himself, concerns the permissibility of state-law claims over climate-related deception and harms. In response, David Arkush,Continue Reading
Headlines for October 5, 2026
Brazil’s Presidential Election Heads to a Runoff, U.S. Pulls Bombs Out of RAF Fairford After New Warnings of an Iranian-Backed Plot Targeting the Base, Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Will Remain Closed, Yemen’s Saudi-Backed Forces Announce Major New Operation Against Houthis, Israeli Airstrike in Gaza Kills at Least Five Palestinians,Continue Reading
Siemens Abruptly Takes Down OpenRadioss, But a Fork is Already Live
The globally recognized tech and engineering company has quietly shut down the OpenRadioss project at the start of this month, keeping the GitHub page around but completely removing the repository. I sound complainy because usually when an open project is discontinued, the maintainers put it into a read-only, public archiveContinue Reading
‘First major’ Whitney Houston biography details rocky Robyn Crawford romance
Whitney Houston‘s rocky romance with female friend Robyn Crawford is a subject explored in what is described as the “first major” biography of the late icon. The book, Holding Lightning: The Life, Loves and Art of Whitney Houston, is written by academic and journalist Emily Lordi. Lordi wrote the bookContinue Reading