Signal in Noise
Bu günün internet dünyası böyük ölçüdə küyün (noise), araşdırılmamış, heç bir əsası olmayan fikirlərin toplandığı bir yerdir. Bu səhifədə məruz qaldığımız küyün içindən səsi (signal) tapıb çıxarmağa çalışırıq.
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Quanta Magazine
- Triplet of ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter Is — and Isn’tA collision may have left these galaxies without dark matter. That spells trouble for alternative gravity theories. The post Triplet of ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter Is — and Isn’t first appeared on Quanta Magazine
- Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?A mathematical mechanism enables AI models to process language at scale, undergirding the current AI revolution. Our columnist asks: Why is attention the key? The post Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
- How Does Life Unfold? A Landscape Metaphor Comes Into Its Own.C.H. Waddington’s powerful image of embryonic stem cells specializing on a rolling landscape has captivated biologists since the 1950s. Experimental data is finally confirming, and complicating, his visionary ideas. The post How Does Life Unfold? A Landscape Metaphor Comes Into Its Own. first appeared on Quanta Magazine
- As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the MachinesIn the shadow of a rumored AI proof of one of the biggest problems in their field, three computer scientists rushed to publish their own milestone result. The post As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines first appeared on Quanta Magazine
- Is AI the End of Math As We Know It?Mathematicians are facing the sudden shift with grief, anger, and a desperate search for fresh ideas: “If we don’t adapt, there’s just no more math in 50 years.” The post Is AI the End of Math As We Know It? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Aeon | a world of ideas
- Into the fireThese women once fled ISIS. Now they defuse the landmines the militants left behind in their Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
- Deskilling the bodyWe are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending- by Melanie ChallengerRead on Aeon
- Africa’s cultural landmarks: tombs of Buganda kingsBuilt from vegetal materials, these majestic tombs housing Buganda kings bridge the realms of living and dead in Uganda- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
- Is everything conscious?If the question makes no sense to you, try spending some time with the principle of sufficient reason- by Sam Kimpton-NyeRead on Aeon
- Barbara Ward’s visionShe was among the first to argue that prosperity, equality and the protection of nature are inseparable planetary goals- by Or RosenboimRead on Aeon
Science for the People Magazine
- Public Health Against the StateFor fifty-one days from June to August 2024, and again over the same months in 2025, groups of young public health workers in Nairobi did protest epidemiology: a mobilization of public health tools for the explicit advancement of mass uprising against the very state apparatus that usually controls the project of counting, managing, and intervening […]
- Care Without Permission: Insurgent Medicine in AppalachiaInsurgent medicine in Appalachia is born out of direct confrontations with a carceral healthcare system. It embodies autonomous, community-led care that refuses institutional control and sustains community survival across life experiences including drug use, reproductive health, and gender affirmation. The post Care Without Permission: Insurgent Medicine in Appalachia appeared first on Science for the People […]
- Mental Health, Care, and Illness Politics: Lessons from the Brazilian Anti-Asylum StruggleHow can the history of the Brazilian anti-asylum struggle inspire models of deinstitutionalization that avoid extractive abandonment, and how can the radicalism of workers’ and patients’ movements continue to shape this struggle? The post Mental Health, Care, and Illness Politics: Lessons from the Brazilian Anti-Asylum Struggle appeared first on Science for the People Magazine.
- Caring for Capital: How Care Robots Promise to Fix What Austerity BrokeIt is not whether robots can perform certain functions, but why technological fixes are prioritized over rebuilding care as a collectively financed and democratically governed public infrastructure. The post Caring for Capital: How Care Robots Promise to Fix What Austerity Broke appeared first on Science for the People Magazine.
- Aid As Domination: The Logic of Exclusionary Inclusion in Humanitarian ZionismHumanitarian aid flows sustain life at a minimum and manages Palestinians as permanent humanitarian cases while foreclosing self-determination. The article explores how this operates through what we term humanitarian Zionism in Gaza: an expansion of the ideology held within Zionism which prioritizes Jewish nationalism and supremacy over the people, land, and resources of historic Palestine. […]
Knowable Magazine (Annual Reviews)
- Time to hang up the stethoscope?As physicians age, debates about mandatory testing or retirement intensify
- Losing the fat in the chilly north AtlanticColder oceans are full of animals that need to fatten up to survive, but a key source of lipids — a tiny, oil-stuffed critter called a copepod — is feeling the heat, affecting a vital food web
- Dogs, devils, clams and catfish: When cancer is contagiousIn a handful of animals, tumors can be transmitted like infectious diseases or parasites, defying science’s tidy definitions
- Fire in the brain: How psychosis may arise when the body attacks itselfAntibodies made by the immune system can sometimes target human brain cells, producing psychiatric symptoms. Researchers aim to better identify such rare cases as well as fine-tune treatments.
- Elastic fantastic: The deadly fluid of pitcher plantsFlies check in, but they don’t check out, thanks to liquid laced with stretchy sugars that keep them tangled up
Jacobin Magazine
- The Problem With HomeownershipA new history traces the American idealization of homeownership. It lays bare the high social costs of organizing democracy around property values.
- Student Protests Are Making Their Mark on Serbia’s ElectionAfter two years of massive, student-led anti-corruption protests in Serbia, polls suggest their electoral list could win the October 25 election. It’s less clear how their ideologically diverse list can redirect protest energy into changing institutions.
- How Charles Manson Became a Hero of the American Far RightThe Tate–LaBianca murders established Charles Manson as one of the most notorious figures in modern American history. Manson’s very notoriety also made him into an iconic figure for neo-Nazis who embraced his vision of apocalyptic race war.
- Joe Biden’s Team Is Rewriting Its History on GazaBiden administration officials like Antony Blinken and Brett McGurk have embarked on media tours trying to whitewash their records over Israel’s destruction of Gaza. Their excuses for enabling genocide are as flimsy and threadbare as their ethical codes.
- Why Our Obsession With Extending Lifespans Is a DistractionLife expectancies have risen for most people across the world. But the gap between how long people live and how long they will live healthily is widening. Poor labor conditions and lack of health care are to blame.