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George RR Martin Completes Physics Paper

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(Wild) Card Game

Feedback doesn’t have time or trends to select all editions of American Journal of PhysicsBut fortunately New ScientistPhysics reporters Alex Wilkins and Carmela Padavik Callaghan are contractually mandatory. Therefore, we are familiar with our newly discovered entitled papers. “The Lagrangian Dynamics of the Elgod in the Superhero Universe”.

The most immediate and impressive point is the list of two authors. One, Ian Tregirisa theoretical physicist and published author at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The other is George R.R. Martin, author of science fiction and author of fantasy books; Night Flyer, Fevre Dream And of course, Song of ice and fire series. This has been adapted as a television game of thrones. This is “His first peer-reviewed physics publication.”.

Tregillis and Martin have developed educational exercises aimed at advanced undergraduates in physics. It is based on Wild Cards: A collection of stories set in a shared universe edited by Martin and Melinda Snodgrass.

The premise of the story is that extraterrestrial viruses have loosened on Earth and infect many humans. As Tregillis and Martin explain, “For every 100 potential carriers who experience viral expression in the body…90 experience fatal consequences. 9 is physically mutated and often deep. That's right. And 1 acquires superhuman abilities.”

The teaching exercises are built around this “fixed empirical 90:9:1 rule.” Students are encouraged to imagine that they are the theorists they live in Wild Cards Trying to solve the universe and why viruses affect these proportions of people. The point is to provide students with problems with no known solutions to encourage creative research.

The feedback gets where they are coming from, but I wonder if this will fly. Many educators tie lessons to pop culture phenomena as a hook for reluctant students, but this only works if the phenomenon in question is really well known. The best will in the world, I don't know if the feedback will be said Wild Cards.

But we think there are better options for advanced physics noodles. How does snap work? Avengers: Infinity War? It appears to propagate instantly and inevitably breaks the speed of light. Or what about Iain M. Banks's cosmology? culture novel?

I'm also surprised they haven't done anything obvious. Song of ice and fire? One viable explanation is that planets have prominent orbital wobbles, but in that case why do long-standing winters suffer the Westeros continent? Esus doesn't seem to have any cultural memories at all. Is there anything specific about the atmospheric dynamics that sometimes provide Westeros with a decade of snowstorm?

Sorry, but there was a side street. Speaking of sidetracking: George, do you just finish it? Winter wind And then I'll enter Spring dreamSo, can we all know if the planned ending of the series is better than the wet squibb that TV writers have come up with? Isn't it worse than the bits where they killed the main buddy and all his men conveniently collapsed?

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Animal template

In the ongoing vein of “generic AIS says the stupidest thing,” reporter Matthew Spark draws our attention to a paper on the title of Arxiv. “Owls are wise and foxes are dishonest. Discover animal stereotypes in vision language models.”. This study focused on Dall-E 3, an AI that generates images based on text prompts. Researchers provided prompts such as “generate images of gentle animals” and recorded creatures drawn by AI.

Given what we know about AIS summarizing sexist and racist ratios, Dall-e 3 is a stereotypical torrential predictability I pumped it out. All faithful animals were dogs, wise animals were mainly owls, and naughty animals were mainly raccoons and foxes. Feedback is pretty sure that dogs can be mischievous. Our last dog was incredibly mean when it came to stealing cat food or finding fox poop stripes, but Dall-e 3 clearly gave us a more one-dimensional view of dogs. I'm doing it.

In case the feedback cat reads this, we can't even repeat the honor lib loss for the cat fucked by the Dall-E 3.

Luckily, other AIs are getting better. for example, Mid JanuaryApple has since suspended its AI news notification system It is repeatedly supplied Absurd and misleading headlinesinclude “Netanyahu has been arrested.”. Ah, no, that's not good.

All sleep

a press release Warns feedback to published research Functional Ecology January 5th Evolution of dormant behaviors such as Torpor and Hibernation. By examining which animals become dormant and unable to, the researchers conclude that nutrition and hibernation evolved several times independently among the sclerosted animals.

Some may interpret this as the incredible creativity and flexibility of evolution in a complete exhibition. But feedback interprets it as an evolution that has failed us. Where we are is cold, dark, wet, and the feedback is pretty fantastical. You should do that for three months.

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This Month’s Top New Science Fiction: George R.R. Martin and Three-Body Problem Graphic Novels

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Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, editor of an anthology set in the Wild Cards universe

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December is traditionally a quiet month in the publishing world, and that’s true this year as well, with fewer new books than usual to tempt us sci-fi geeks. However, there are some novels that I find very enjoyable. One example is Makana Yamamoto’s debut novel, which was described by the publisher as an “adventurous love letter” to Hawaii. And less interesting, but just as fascinating, is Arthur C. Clarke Prize winner Jane Rogers’ new collection of short stories, all climate fiction and (according to the publisher) “no easy answers. “It raises questions about personal responsibility.” It might also publish a huge and expensive 10-volume graphic novel, an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s novel. three body problem Put it on my Christmas wishlist – it sounds really epic.

The publisher pitches it as follows: oceans 8 meet blade runner – And what’s not to love there? – It follows Edie, who has just been released on parole from an icy prison planet, and meets Angel, the woman who sold her eight years ago. Angel offers Edie one last job. His goal is to defeat the billionaire “god of technology” that he was unable to stop last time. This has a lot of hype from a major publisher and looks like a lot of fun. By the way, hamajan is borrowed from the Hawaiian pidgin and is said to mean “a state of disorder or chaos.” A mess.

This is the latest anthology set in . wild card In space, an alien virus released into the world gives superpowers to 1% of the people it infects. This is the third book in the series, edited by Martin and featuring writing from a variety of authors. wild cardAfter the “British Arc” of queens over knives and three kings. The story is set on the fictional island of Coon, which is connected to mainland Cornwall only by an ancient tidal channel.

Jane Rogers won Britain’s highest science fiction award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, in 2012. Jesse Lamb’s will. (I really liked this book. It’s set in a world where all pregnant women are infected with a deadly virus, and it’s narrated by a teenager.) A collection of climate fiction stories that span viral pandemics. Until the end of 22n.d. From the Australian outback, where bushfires are raging, to Oxfordshire, where an old man is chained to an old beech tree about to be cut down. I especially love sounds set in a distant future in space, where Earth is barren but may be starting to recover.

This space opera is in part a sequel to a work with a great title. August Kitoko and the mechas from space. Of course, this work features a “ragtag group of misfits” fighting a “giant army of mechs” to destroy humanity. Our main characters are the super attractive pop star Ardent Violet and her new boyfriend August Kitoko. The book also promises a “mysterious omnipotent AI” and a coalition of aliens.

Eve Ridley (left) as The Follower and Kai Shimooka as Sophon in “Three Body Problem”

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This epic 10-volume graphic novel adaptation is for the full-length Cixin Liu lovers out there, but I suspect there’s probably some in there. new scientist Dear readers. The film, which was nominated for the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic, is said to include several additional features, including a transcript of an interview with character Ye Wenjie by the Beijing PSB Criminal Investigation Squad. are. Liu himself says, “I believe graphic novels provide the widest possible canvas for science fiction.” Wouldn’t it be a good idea to put it on your Christmas list?

After romantasy (romance + fantasy), sci-fi romance seems to be the most popular genre these days, and I’m all for it. It’s about Ada being given an undercover mission by a group of rebels that happened to be at a charity event, where she finds Ryan, who tries to stop her. Here’s how the publisher describes fans of Becky Chambers and Martha Wells: I mean, that’s me.

21 second halfcent In this century, as the United States is ravaged by global warming, a mother and daughter escape from the Inside Project, a climate change relief program where they have been treated as lab rats for the past 22 years. As the weather continues to worsen and the remaining humans struggle to survive, they go on the run and encounter women from their mother’s past.

This is the latest installment in Zahn’s Icarus series, and is set in a universe where an alien race called the Icari disappeared 10,000 years ago, leaving behind portals through which people could be transported to the stars. In this expedition, Gregory Rourke and his partner Selene are tasked with finding these alien artifacts, only to find themselves on a distant planet, by a group of aliens called the Unmei who have their own portal plans. I realize what I’m facing.

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Experience an Extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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“I was faced with an overflowing immensity.” An underwater river.

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From the age of 10, I was allowed to swim alone in the Nieuwe Maas River. The cold water shocked me, calmed me down and stole my heart. I went into the water, lay on my back, closed my eyes, and floated away. Then I staggered back along the stony shore, my legs turning blue and numb from the cold. I wrapped a towel around her and put her head in my lap, shivering. I let the water drain from my ears and the sound of the car returned. It took me a long time to convince myself to stand up again because I didn’t want to go home. As I put my weight down, the stone pressed into the thin soles of my feet, and every time I left the beach I told myself that if I just put the same stone in my pocket and went out into the water, I would never have to go again. I’m going home again.

It was an effective illusion. I was able to continue because I knew I didn’t have to. Every time I swam a little, and every time I climbed ashore, the stones dug deeper into my feet. One afternoon in early fall, I felt particularly hopeless. I couldn’t see any realistic way to escape from Geat’s situation, and I lived in constant fear of him. Storm clouds were approaching and the beach was deserted. I felt a dangerous tremor, felt free to ignore my own safety, and grimaced as I continued into the water. The water burned me and an amazing energy coursed through my body. It was very cold. When I reached the point where my shoulders were submerged in the water, my chest began to spasm and I swallowed a mouthful of bitter water. Then, as if from far away, very faintly, I felt it trying to give way.

I opened my eyes and dove into the water, digging and kicking out. Although it was only a few meters deep, it felt like I was digging another tunnel, entering a crack and swimming through a new realm, my own secret chamber. The water was muddy with the movement of my limbs, but when I stopped I suddenly saw everything clearly. The large rocks on the riverbed were dotted with insects, sponges, limpets, and lichens. Beyond that, green and purple river grass floats. It didn’t make the slightest sound. No water pressure thuds in your ears, no competing voices in your head. I hung horizontally, staring at the scene floating below the water’s surface, there was no further movement clouding my vision, but suddenly, as if out of nowhere, everything around me came to life fully alive. As if he realized that it was happening.

There was no gap between my body and the living world. I was pressed against the teeming vastness, where every cubic millimeter of water was dense with living things. These creatures were so small that I couldn’t see them, but somehow I felt their presence, their camaraderie around me.I wasn’t looking out of the water. towards Life, I looked straight ahead. into the The vast patchwork of water life that supports my body flows into my nostrils, ears, tiny cracks and crevices in my skin, swirls through my hair, and enters the same eyes that observed it. In what felt like minutes but should have been just seconds, I found myself floating in a web of entirely different worlds, important and complex places, and an almost infinite number of independent life forms. , I saw it scoop up countless creatures with every slight change. And the undulation of the body.

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