The first computer, all the way down, was a turtle

if theoretical physicists designed all the animals

I have been like this for at least 5 years, probably more. Never going back.

The fight to rethink (and reinvent) nuclear power https://t.co/sYqqxejADP via @YouTube

Listen to A Glimpse into the Future: Quantum Computing, Energy and Health by The World Economic Forum #np on #SoundCloud https://t.co/w4HI4XcjGR

Plenty wants to build a giant indoor farm next to every major city in the world https://t.co/yIu5VtSGS3

Scientists struggle to explain a worrying rise in atmospheric methane https://t.co/iuBQbtE1r0

“Instead, it seems to be a fundamental truth: physical dexterity is computationally harder than playing Go.” - IKEA furniture and the limits of AI https://t.co/GrSZIG1nbI

What will result from America’s strangely timed fiscal stimulus? https://t.co/G7ucyX7nz5

“As a professor, I tended to think of history as run by impersonal forces. But when you see it in practice, you see the differences personalities make.” — Henry Kissinger

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An oasis of art https://t.co/RHL3C5ZYve

Winter sports face a double threat, from climate and demographic change https://t.co/csC480XAvV

The rise and fall of the award-winning white-saviour film https://t.co/SdoZr8bTp1

Asia is taking the lead in promoting free trade https://t.co/bM6tcqTc4w

We love @tweetsauce’s video “Fixed Points,” and it made us wonder about Brouwer’s Fixed Point Theorem. WHY is it true? Tai-Danae (@math3ma) uses a mathematical portal to give the proof! New episode!

2⁷⁷²³²⁹¹⁷-1 is the largest known prime number and was discovered on Jan 3, 2018. It's substantially easier to find primes of the form 2ᵖ-1, also called Mersenne Primes. Here's why: https://t.co/AojVKbspbe

What I wish I could convince my Ss who are panicking over final grades: There's SO much more to math than grades: the joy of discovery, a love for learning, an unquenchable curiosity & - especially - a commitment to persevere. Foster these. Enjoy the math. The grades will come.

"The measure of [mathematicians'] success is whether what we do enables *people* to understand and think more clearly and effectively about mathematics." ...from the insightful essay by William Thurston, "On Proof and Progress in Mathematics"

My conversation with the inspiring @FedericoArdila -- https://t.co/O1Z67wXasO via @QuantaMagazine