The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, hosts the second largest particle accelerator in the world (next to the LHC), and employs hundreds of physicists from around the world. Hundreds…
Strange Fermilab Code Nearly Cracked
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Solving the Black Hole Information "Paradox"
In January, Abhay Ashtekar posted a short preprint in which he (along with two collaborators) proposed a new solution to the so-called black hole information paradox in 1+1 dimensions. Their…
Get Started Improving Your Philsci Archive Experience
You may already know that Philsci Archive is the way to stay updated on new developments in the Philosophy of Science. Here are three easy tricks to make your experience…
A 4-Line Proof of the Isoperimetric Theorem in 3D
Here’s an example of what might be called “biological proof” of a mathematical claim. Proposition (The Isoperimetric Inequality). The solid that minimizes the ratio of surface area to volume (SA/V)…
When Philosophers of Science Go Practical
Here’s a feature of philosophy of science that may have captivated many of us: the freedom to be shamelessly, wildly creative about science. Philosophers of science love to think hard…