⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Yukon, #Canada, also impacting the Northwest Territories as wildfires in Fort Nelson B.C. and Fort Liard N.W.T. "burn through" telecoms equipment and fibre lines 🚒📉

Terence Tao recently published slides and links to videos of his talks named "Machine assisted proof," "Translational tilings of Euclidean space," and "Correlations of multiplicative functions" presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings on his blog at: terrytao.wordpress.com/2024/03/17/t...

Big news, my latest dataviz project 🥳 I looked at title drops in movies, so when someone in the movie says the name of the movie (so meta 😛). And we ended up with the biggest analysis of this space. Have fun exploring! titledrops.net

Some great moments in graphic design via math books

"Space loves AI, [but] AI doesn’t love Space," concludes SpaceNews. AI onboard spacecraft can solve tough problems, such as fixing short-circuits on satellites. But major challenges exist, such as the need to provide a high power supply and provide radiation shielding. spacenews.com/space-loves-...

The chief executive of the Financial Times recently discussed the paper's long-term strategy with Nieman Lab. To respond to the impact of AI, their strategy is to "embrace change, play offense, [...] and build on differentiation," without expecting third-party help. www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/dont...

"The psychology of impatience could make waiting more tolerable" according to recent research, reports Psyche. Impatience peaks in the days and hours before an anticipated event, and you can reduce this by engaging your mind with an unrelated subject in that time. psyche.co/ideas/the-ps...

ProPublica published a report on the experiences of survivors of wildfires, with takeaways for the general public. A major point from interviewees is that their access to "government aid and payment for losses" depended heavily on providing proof of past ownership. www.propublica.org/article/new-...

Reading supports are abound in US schools, but effective math supports are harder to find, reports The 74. “When it comes to math, there’s less of everything: nearly 50% of schools employ trained reading specialists, while only 23% have math specialists.” www.the74million.org/article/read...

“ERROR: A Bug Bounty Program for Science” was released this month, as reported by Retraction Watch. It intends to pay investigators for “discovering errors in the scientific literature.” The project is funded “by the Humans in Digital Transformation program of the University of Bern.” error.reviews

A thoughtful retrospective by @adamwiggins.bsky.social on the business behind Muse, a tool-for-thought/iPad idea-sketching app. I’m sad that the business didn’t work out as planned, but the software still exists and the underlying goals and values remain good. adamwiggins.com/muse-retrosp...

The first medication to treat severe frostbite was approved on Feb 14 by the US FDA. From the FDA: when “both the skin and underlying tissue are frozen and blood flow is stopped [the medicine acts as] a vasodilator (a drug that opens blood vessels)” to restore blood flow. www.fda.gov/news-events/...

From Sky & Telescope: "How Venus ended up with a mini-moon named Zoozve." I liked the emphasis of the reporting on the human story, about efforts made by astronomers to verify the unusual finding. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...