In these six rigorous essays originally delivered as lectures, theoretical physicist Rovelli (White Holes) advances the argument that reality is fundamentally “more complex and varied than we think.” ...

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In James Bell’s math class at Chapman High School, sophomores are trying to pinpoint exactly where two lines cross. The students in this rural Kansas high school already solved for that meeting point ...

The court upheld state laws in West Virginia and Idaho barring the participation of transgender female athletes from girls’ ...

Embrace Dignity is one of an array of civil organisations gearing up for a landmark case before the Western Cape High Court, which could shape whether South Africa moves towards full decriminalisation ...

What neural activity in motor cortex represents and how it controls ongoing movement remain unclear. Suggestions that cortex generates low-level muscle control are discredited by correlations with ...

Practice and feedback work in tandem in good PD design. But the starting point is just as important, said Schroeder. While ...

If you've heard of Alpha School, you've heard the pitch: two hours of AI tutoring in the morning, life skills in the ...

PM says it is ‘time for serious work, not rage’ and calls Nigel Farage’s response ‘unforgivable’ Keir Starmer has condemned rioting in Southampton on Tuesday night, saying it was “a time for serious ...

This piece originally ran on Casey Newton’s Substack, Platformer. We’re republishing it here because it offers a lot of great detail about what it’s like to leave a media company and start your own ...