Sunday, April 28, 2024
Put simply, fireworks are awesome. The sounds and smells of the explosions, the bright colors, the audience’s collective rapture—it’s all enchanting. But what’s most impressive is the combination of power and precision. These giant exploding fireballs are actually the result of delicate chemistry that’s more like an art than anything […]
El Salvador became the first country to adopt the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as their legal tender. As a result, if Salvadorans use Bitcoin as payment for goods and services and taxes, the payee must accept it. To incentivize public use, citizens who download the government’s digital wallet, Chivo, receive $30 in […]
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis. In 1973, a Supreme Court case originating in Texas sealed the fate of 63 million Americans. That case, Roe vs. Wade, asserted that every woman has the sacred […]
If you’re reading this, you’re conscious. And if you just read that, you’re conscious that you’re conscious. But what does it mean to be conscious? The Oxford Dictionary says it’s to be “aware of and responding to one’s surroundings,” but how? How do the masses of neurons in the gray […]
Chess has long been one of the most effective ways to evaluate a computer program’s ability to “think.” With sixty-four squares on the board, sixteen pieces per player, and a variety of rules for how each piece is allowed to move during the match, chess is a game in which […]