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☆ Are Fears of A.I. and Nuclear Apocalypse Keeping You Up? Blame Prometheus.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( A.O. Scott | More About A.O. Scott | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The atomic bomb may be, for the soldiers and politicians, a powerful strategic tool in war and diplomacy. He snatched a spark of quantum insight from those divinities and handed it to Harry S. Truman and the U.S. Army Air Forces. (The notable exception is Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb and as such another potential Prometheus.) Like the original Prometheus, Oppenheimer survives his disgrace, and ends the movie as a flawed, haunted, regretful creature, carrying a flicker of inextinguishable, theoretical guilt. A.I., on the other hand, seems newly sprung from science fiction, and especially terrifying because we can’t quite grasp what it will become.

Persons: Oppenheimer, “ Oppenheimer, —, Oppenheimer wasn’t, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, Harry S, Truman, ”, Edward Teller, von Neumann Organizations: U.S . Army Air Forces Locations: Hiroshima, Nagasaki

☆ ‘Rivals’ Review: An Experiment in Amiability
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( David A. Shaywitz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The physicists Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein disagreed strongly on various points yet remained close friends. He hoped to deduce all observable phenomena—the paths of planets, the beating of the heart—from a few foundational laws or principles. After years of effort, and despite triumphs such as the invention of analytic geometry, he conceded defeat. But he had little interest in engaging with other researchers or relying on the assistance of volunteers (who would distract him with “useless conversation”). Descartes, explains the historian of science Lorraine Daston, “was probably the last major thinker to believe that science could be conducted in splendid solitude.”

Persons: Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, René Descartes, Descartes, Lorraine Daston, “, ” Organizations: Getty

☆ Albert Einstein used to ponder these 5 mind-melting questions for fun. Can you figure them out?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Ali Sundermier | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"One sees in this paradox the germ of the special relativity theory is already contained," Einstein wrote in his "Autobiographical Notes." This is a cornerstone of Einstein's special theory of relativity. One of Einstein's thought experiments had to do with quantum entanglement, which he called "spooky action at a distance." AdvertisementAdvertisementMany scientists have spent decades researching Einstein's thought experiments. But Einstein thought particles behaved more like real coins.

Persons: Albert Einstein, —, Stringer, Einstein, simultaneity, Ernst Haas, Niels Bohr Organizations: Service, Central Press, Getty

Like, what if this doesn't end and this is how it's going to be?”Maxwell blames climate change, and she's not alone. And about 65% say climate change will have or already has had a major impact in their lifetime. About 9 in 10 Democrats say climate change is happening, with nearly all of the remaining Democrats being unsure about whether climate change is happening (5%), rather than outright rejecting it. Republicans are split: 49% say climate change is happening, but 26% say it’s not and an additional 25% are unsure. Overall, 74% of Americans say climate change is happening, largely unchanged from April.

Persons: Kathleen Maxwell, “ It's, ”, Maxwell, “, ” Maxwell, she's, they've, they’ve, Anthony Leiserowitz, Bruce Alvord, doesn't, Alvord, Republican Ronald Livingston, he's, ” Livingston, Jeremiah Bohr, Bohr Organizations: Associated Press, NORC, for Public Affairs Research, Northern, World Meteorological Organization, Yale, Republican, Chrysler, Republicans, University of Wisconsin, Phoenix, AP Locations: Phoenix, United States, U.S, —, Hagerstown , Maryland, Clute , Texas, Oshkosh

☆ Black hole is observed snacking on sun-like star, bite by bite
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It was observed being plundered by a supermassive black hole at the heart of a spiral-shaped galaxy. The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, called Sagittarius A*, possesses about 4 million times the mass of our sun. Most galaxies have such black holes at their center, and the environment around them can be among the most violent places in the universe. The star was observed orbiting the black hole every 20 to 30 days. This marked the first time that scientists had observed a sun-like star being repeatedly snacked upon by a supermassive black hole.

Persons: Neils Bohr, Daniele Malesani, Neil Gehrels, Rob Eyles, Ferris, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: NASA, Neils, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, NASA's, University of Leicester, Thomson Locations: Hawaii, U.S, Handout, England

☆ An ‘Oppenheimer’ Reading List
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Amanda Taub | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Rhodes’s Pulitzer-winning book has been having a renaissance among people grappling with the potential destructive force of other new technologies. Writing in The Atlantic, Charlie Warzel called it “a kind of holy text for a certain type of A.I. researcher — namely, the type who believes their creations might have the power to kill us all.”Long before “Oppenheimer,” a different portrayal of atomic science captured my imagination. (I think it works best as a live play, but if you’re looking for streaming options, the BBC did make a television version starring Daniel Craig in 2002 and a radio version starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Simon Russell Beale in 2013.) But inside, readers found that the entire thing was devoted to one single article: “Hiroshima,” by John Hersey.

Persons: Rhodes’s Pulitzer, Charlie Warzel, ”, “ Oppenheimer, Michael Frayn, Werner Heisenberg, Nils Bohr, Heisenberg, Bohr, Margrethe —, Daniel Craig, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Russell Beale, John Hersey, Hersey, Suzanne Batchelor, “ Organizations: BBC, Yorker Locations: Copenhagen, Danish, Hiroshima, ”, Central Texas, “ Hiroshima

☆ Oppenheimer never won a Nobel Prize, but these 31 scientists with ties to the Manhattan Project did
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

Manhattan Project: After a harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1943, Bohr began consulting on the Manhattan Project. Manhattan Project: Between 1943 and 1944, Muller was a civilian advisor for the Manhattan Project, consulting on experiments studying the effects of radiation. Maria Goeppert Mayer, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1963Maria Goeppert Mayer worked on the Manhattan Project and later won the Nobel Prize in physics. Manhattan Project: Working as an assistant to his father, Niels Bohr, Aage Bohr proved instrumental in interpreting for some members of the Manhattan Project. Manhattan Project: At 18, Glauber was still a student at Harvard when he became one of the youngest scientists to join the Manhattan Project.

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☆ 'Oppenheimer' fact v. fiction: A nuclear historian breaks down what the movie got right and wrong
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an immensely complex figure, and the movie's based on a biography of him. Fact: Oppenheimer mocked Strauss about isotopesJ. Robert Oppenheimer testifies before the Senate in October 1945. Fact: A big thunderstorm delayed the Trinity TestOppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) stands next to the test bomb in "Oppenheimer." If it weren't for the atomic bomb, Oppenheimer would likely be best known for bolstering theoretical physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Fiction: Oppenheimer consulted Einstein about Teller's calculations(L-R) Tom Conti as Albert Einstein and Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer."

Persons: Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer, J, Alex Wellerstein, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin, Wellerstein, Niels Bohr wasn't, Patrick Blackett, Bird, Sherwin, Blackett, Niels Bohr, Ernest Rutherford, Bohr, Oppenheimer's, Cillian Murphy, Abraham Pais, Baudelaire, e.e, cummings, who's, Haakon Chevalier, Peter, Peter Oppenheimer, Kitty, Haakon, Barbara Chevalier, Robert, Perro, Werner Heisenberg, peppering Bohr, Heisenberg, Strauss, David Hill, Lewis Strauss, Dwight D, David Inglis, Inglis, I've, Arthur Compton, Trinity Test Oppenheimer, Jack Hubbard, Leslie Groves, Hubbard, Feynman, Richard Feynman, I'm, Groves, Robert Serber, David Bohm, Philip Morrison, Willis Lamb, Hitler, Hartland Snyder, Kip Thorne, John Wheeler, Roger Penrose, Penrose, Murphy, Trinity, there's, —, Karl T, Compton, Stimson, Henry Stimson, that's, Harry Truman, Wallenstein, Einstein, Tom Conti, Albert Einstein, Melinda Sue Gordon, Edward Teller, Hans Bethe, Enrico Fermi, Bethe, Roger Robb, He's, Teller, Stanislaw Ulam, Gordon Dean, Charlotte Serber, Charlotte Serber's, she's, Serber Organizations: Service, Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Eisenhower's, Federation of American Scientists, Time, Atomic Energy Committee, Trinity Test, Trinity, Los, University of California, Clovis, National Security Research, Manhattan Project . National Security Research, FBI Locations: Wall, Silicon, England, Leiden, Holland, New Mexico, Perro Caliente, Los Pinos , New Mexico, Germany, Nazi, Denmark, Sweden, Los Alamos, Europe, Berkeley, Poland, Amarillo , Texas, Japan, Kyoto, Alamos

☆ Cum este să fii testat cu vaccinul rusesc Sputnik V — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-21 | by ( Diana Preașcă | Tatiana Beghiu | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +20 min

Primul om care a primit Premiul Nobel pentru Pace a fost fondatorul Crucii Roșii, elvețianul Henri Dunant în 1901. Din 1901, premiul a fost acordat unui număr total de 213 de cercetători, dintre care doar trei au fost femei. Mecanismul a fost numit Crispr/Cas9 și a fost supranumit „foarfecele genetic”. Este angajată a Institutului de Medicină Howard Hughes și membră Academiei de Științe și a Academiei de Medicină din SUA. Din 1901, premiul a fost acordat, în total, de 111 ori, iar 184 de oameni de știință au devenit laureați ai acestuia.

Persons: Nobel, Pace, Antonio, PAM, SUA Dwight D . Eisenhower, Henri Dunant, Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, german Willie Brandt, SUA Henry Kissinger, Teresa, SUA Barack Obama, Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, Andrea Ghez, Max Planck, . Penrose, Albert Einstein, Sir Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, Wilhelm, Nielson Bohr, Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, Antoine Henri Becquerel, franceze Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Medicină Howard Hughes, Jacobus, van’t, Maria, Curie, Harvey J ., Michael Houghton, Charles M . Rice, virusologul Harvey J ., Chiron, Houghton, american Charles M . Rice, Louis, Emil Adolf von Bering, Ronald Ross, Robert Koch, Ivan Pavlov, Frederick Banting, John McLeod, Alexander Fleming, Ernest Chain, Howard Florey, Louise Glück, Glück, Anders Ohlsson, Sarah Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Doris Lessing, Bob Dylan ., Svetlana Aleksievici, Paul R ., Robert B . Wilson, Stanford . Robert B . Wilson, Paul R . Milgrom, Milgrom, Wilson, Alfred Nobel, Jan Tinbergen, Ragnar Frisch Organizations: Universitatea din, Națiunilor Unite, ONU, Organizația, Organizația ONU, Crucii Roșii, Regale, franceze, Science, Academiei, Științe, Academiei Naționale, Medicină, Academiei de Științe, Academiei de Medicină, maimuțelor, Universitatea St, Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății, Academia Suedeză, Nobel, Academia suedeză, Universității Columbia ., Academiei Americane, Academiei Poeților, Universitatea Yale ., Universitatea Stanford, Stanford ., Universității Harvard, Stanford Business School, Banca Centrală, Academiei Regale Locations: Stockholm, Universitatea din Oslo, Roma, ONU, Republica Democrată Congo, Nigeriei, Sudanul de Sud, Siria, Yemen, german, SUA, Universitatea din Oxford, Germania, Universitatea din California, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Regatului Unit, Franța, Olanda, Universitatea din Alberta, Canada, american, Washington, americană, New York, maghiară, Yale, Boston, Iowa, engleză

☆ Cine sunt laureații Premiului Nobel 2020 și ce știm despre ei — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-13 | by ( Diana Preașcă | Tatiana Beghiu | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +20 min

La Stockholm, ceremonia de premiere pentru câștigătorii Premiului Nobel și banchetul de gală de la primărie au fost anulate. Emmanuelle Charpentier (51 ani) și Jennifer Doudna (56 de ani) sunt a șasea și respectiv a șaptea câștigătoare ale Premiului Nobel pentru Chimie din istorie. Mecanismul a fost numit Crispr/Cas9 și a fost supranumit „foarfecele genetic”. Este angajată a Institutului de Medicină Howard Hughes și membră Academiei de Științe și a Academiei de Medicină din SUA. Premiul Nobel pentru MedicinăPremiul Nobel pentru Medicină le-a revenit în 2020 cercetătorilor Harvey J.

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