There’s something very mathematically satisfying about a full circle
THE DATA DOESN’T LIE PEOPLE* This (admittedly quite heteronormative) example is taken from Dataclysm by Christian Rudder. The book is a few years old now, but a really fun read and definitely worth your time. * Sometimes it does tho okay so don’t take this literally 🙏
AND NO, I don’t think they knew what they were doing. Need to see it to believe it? Structural and electronic properties of chiral single-wall copper nanotubes, by YingNi Duan, JianMin Zhang, and KeWei Xu (2014)
Q:How do YOU f-eel about the eel? Eel-ated? Or not at all id-eel? (The correct answer is clearly that they are horrid – but I couldn’t find a pun that worked) A new solution to the Atlantic Eel Problem, by D.W. Tucker (1959)
CAVEAT: this graph is based solely on first glance ratings. Once the men and women started actually interacting, the two curves were much more aligned. Really what I think this demonstrates is that the main factor of what women find ‘attractive ‘ isn’t necessarily appearance at all
It seems that female anatomy has been a mystery for most of history—and arguably still is for many, but that’s a post for another time. @fryrsquared perfectly explains it all.
We’re delighted to welcome Professor Hannah Fry to Cambridge! Mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning science presenter and host of popular podcasts and television shows, @fryrsquared will join the University of Cambridge as the first Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics on 1 January. Learn more about Hannah’s new role at Cambridge’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics @mathematics.at.cambridge, which was announced at the @isaacnewtoninstitute, through the link in our bio. #HannahFry #CambridgeUniversity #UniversityOfCambridge #Cambridge #Maths #Mathematics #Physics
Unfortunately, it’s an active volcano – so I have no idea if the recursive status of Vulcan Point still holds. But who wants to let details get in the way of a good story!?
I recognise this was unlikely to be the takeaway the researchers were aiming for from this study – and the ability of vervets to use semantic communication is indeed fascinating – but sometimes you just need a sweet story about baby monkeys to get you through the day. Monkey responses to three different alarm calls: evidence of predator classification and semantic communication by R Seyfarth, D Cheney, and Peter Marler (1980)
Like all amazing mistakes this is not the first (and presumably not the last) time this has happened 👀 Mass photokeratitis following ultraviolet light exposure at a nightclub by Michelle Ting, Kamran Saha and Scott Robbie (2016) Four cases of pediatric photokeratitis present to the emergency department after watching the same theater show by Mehmet Serhat Mangan, Ceyhun Arici, Eray Atalay, Burak Tanyildiz, and Faik Oruçoğlu (2015)
A sneaky Instagram Experiment with.. er.. interesting results(?)
I decided a couple of years ago that I wanted to have as many unusual, scary, exciting, interesting experiences possible – and being part of the channel 4 election team definitely counts. Thanks to @bella_hignett_styling for the styling and @the.seam.uk for making this unreal green suit of dreams 💚💚 @oj_sang for making me look funnier than i am and to everyone for being so nice and supportive throughout and not noticing how genuinely terrified I was at pronouncing Jeremy Hunt. #hannahfry#britaindecides #channel4
Part 1 of a whole week of R-eels on eels 🐍 Such a longstanding mystery, where to start? This is a good one: Breeding places and migrations of the Eel, by J Schmidt (1923)
Some r-eel-y good studies trying to figure out the eel-usive Eel A portrait of the neurophysiologist as a young man: Clause, Darwin, and Sigmund Freud’s search for the testes of the Eel (1875-1877) by Matthew Perkins-McVey (2022) Sur la maturation complete des organes genitaux de l’anguille male et l’emission spontanee by M Fontaine (1936)
Finally some truths are rev-eel-ed! It’s been an ‘elver journey. First direct evidence of adult European eels migrating to their breeding place in the Sargasso Sea, by R.M. Wright, A.T. Piper, K Aarestrup, J.M.N. Azevedo, G Cowan, A Don, M Gollock, S Rodriguez Ramallo, R Velterop, A Walker, H Westerberg and D Righton (2022)
Honestly, tracking an eel is quite the ord-eel. New clues on the Atlantic eels spawning behavior and area: the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hypothesis, by Y.K. Change, E Feunteun, Y Miyazawa and K Tsukamoto (2020)
I recently discovered that Americans don’t have the word FAFF. What on earth are you supposed to use instead!?
Big news, people. HUGE. Curious cases is coming back! This time, sadly, without my long-time partner in crime @adamdavidrutherford But, after careful consideration, we decided the show needed to be 💯% more irish, and so @thedaraobriain and I taking on your questions from September 🍀 You’ll be pleased to learn he’s a much more enthusiastic co-host than he is a memer
#ad No need to let work emails interrupt relaxation time. Chat Assist on the new Samsung #GalaxyZFold6 to the rescue! #GalaxyAI
👀 Starting August 14th – Season 3 of Google DeepMind: The Podcast! ✨ Join Professor @fryrsquared as she explores the latest in AI research, including conversations about: 🤖 The difference between chatbots and agents 🎨 How AI could help supercharge our creativity 🌌 And what life could be like after AGI is achieved You can watch full video episodes on our @YouTube channel, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe now via the link in bio 🔗
“Are you more like a rhino or a kitten?” The latest question from @fryrsquared and @thedaraobriain certainly has got us thinking 🤔 Curious Cases | Listen on BBC Sounds
Could AGI help us peer into the mysteries of the universe? 🔭 Find out the answer in season 3 of Google DeepMind: The Podcast. 🚀 In episode 1, Demis Hassabis joins our host Professor @fryrsquared to discuss the current AI hype, what the next 10 years of innovation could bring, and how he believes AGI can – and should – be developed safely. Watch now via the link in bio 🔗
The Future with Hannah Fry is back. @fryrsquared travels the world to reveal the transformative technologies that will shape the coming decades, asking the question, “Is this the future we dream of?” Season 2 premieres on Sept. 12. Link in bio
Our CEO Demis Hassabis envisions a future where AI could help cure diseases, revolutionize energy production, and solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges. 🌎 But he also stresses the importance of mitigating risks as we navigate this transformative technology. Catch up on his conversation with Professor Hannah Fry before more episodes are released, via the link in bio 🔗
