End of 2023 Entry

Well, I had planned to write a few separate entries in the month of December, but life happend (parents visiting for Xmas, complications with banking). I participated in a discussion about using AI for materials in my old research group. Also, I had an interesting result with a simple statistical model of PFC glasses (hopefully I’ll write that up after my little collaboration work with my dad on a earth science related project). While there is a lot of good content (though not everything), it’s unorganized below.

Have a great end of 2023 and beginning of 2024!

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-universal-framework-scrambling-quantum.html

MIT Physicists Transform Pencil Lead Into Electronic “Gold”

https://newatlas.com/marine/heave-oscillators-wave-energy-ship/

https://www.sciencealert.com/vigorous-exercise-may-have-a-concerning-effect-we-didnt-know-about

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-sweater-aerogel-fiber-warmer.html

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-12-13/for-the-first-time-the-journal-nature-has-chosen-a-non-human-being-chatgpt-as-one-of-its-scientists-of-the-year.html

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/quantum-computing/ibm-demonstrates-useful-quantum-computing-within-133-qubit-heron-announces-entry-into-quantum-centric-supercomputing-eraèhttps://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2292684867542

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-measurement-of-the-higgs-boson-is-the-most-precise-ever-recorded

( I think the video is off, but the music worked out — definitely late Beatle-esque in my opinion) https://www.creativebloq.com/news/beatles-ai-music-video

https://financialpost.com/opinion/diamonds-arent-forever-nwt-needs-replacement-fast

How Galileo changed the universe in a single day

https://www.pcgamer.com/a-chatbot-from-the-1960s-has-thoroughly-beaten-openais-gpt-35-in-a-turing-test-because-people-thought-it-was-just-too-bad-to-be-an-actual-ai/

‘Unsettling’: B.C. student not attending university in Quebec after tuition controversy

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/study-why-a-spritz-of-water-before-grinding-coffee-yields-less-waste-tastier-espresso/

https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/experts-divided-over-claims-of-1st-practical-algorithm-to-protect-data-from-quantum-computers

Google’s Gemini isn’t the generative AI model we expected

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-i-returned-academia-after-stepping-away-be-family 

Archaeologists Call Foul on the Purported Discovery of a 27,000-Year-Old Pyramid

Google unveils AlphaCode 2, powered by Gemini

https://mashable.com/article/earth-unique-alien-life

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-votes-in-favour-of-abolishing-role-of-lieutenant-governor

https://montrealgazette.com/news/teachers-union-announces-tentative-agreement-with-quebec

https://www.iflscience.com/impossible-puzzle-solved-after-243-years-using-quantum-entanglement-72170

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-evidence-quark-matter-cores-massive-neutron.html

https://www.quora.com/I-am-31-and-want-to-become-a-theoretical-physicist-Is-it-too-late-if-the-end-goal-is-to-be-in-the-forefront-of-my-field/answer/Robert-Cruikshank-2?ch=15&oid=191700412&share=fbf255c4&srid=P5qP&target_type=answer

https://www.ft.com/content/89098b25-78af-4539-ba24-c770cf9ec7c3

https://www.science.org/content/article/sunlight-affects-whether-languages-have-word-blue?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwAR2TbMKxfNYJ6PIx_qgBK59aDOmkQf52K6FkLuMK9xxpVc-f7A9HAz4Ri1w

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-public-library-most-borrowed-books-2023-1.7069431

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/12/27/record-number-911-calls-grande-bibliotheque/ 

https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-03872-z/index.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=organic&utm_campaign=CONR_JRNLS_AWA1_GL_SCON_SMEDA_NATUREPORTFOLIO&fbclid=IwAR3fRoapr6aZz6sc4lpDUGpowV16ecmKYNr1gtbwx4VBUAS2S_sPGDRYCLE

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04034-x

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-mcgill-university-to-provide-scholarships-that-cover-tuition-increase/

https://www.sciencealert.com/you-really-should-just-say-no-to-that-invitation-study-finds

https://www.sciencealert.com/intermittent-fasting-seems-to-result-in-dynamic-changes-to-the-human-brain

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/12/big-fiction-dan-sinykin-publishing/676389/