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Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

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Embracing quantum physics could make you see the world differently KamilSD / Alamy In December 2019, a bad tooth almost killed me. A terrible toothache turned into the biggest health crisis of my life, ultimately landing me in an intensive care unit for a week. Once I recovered, I had to make sense of why this happened to me. Personal negligence? Terrible luck? A fault of the US healthcare system? Rattled and unsure of how to feel, I turned to a place where I had long found answers to existential questions – quantum physics. Physics is often considered to be humanity’s oldest science, getting its start with early astronomers. Much of our understanding of the world is built on physics as a solid, rigorous, objective foundation. It is a science that breaks the world into pieces, analyses each of them, then reassembles them all into a whole that we understand better. This process, based on empiricism and mathematics, doesn’t care about feelings. Physics isn’t personal: for example, regardless of who you are, you cannot escape …

If You Are Extremely Careful Not To Do 11 Rude Things, Your Parents Knew What They Were Doing

If You Are Extremely Careful Not To Do 11 Rude Things, Your Parents Knew What They Were Doing

Published by Jenni Sidey

Everyone veers into impolite patterns of behavior over the course of a lifetime, but there’s a big difference between being a rude person and someone who makes a mistake. If you’re one of those people who does their best to avoid being rude, it means your parents raised you right. Sometimes rudeness is an accidental outcome, like a person with ADHD who struggles to be on time. Other times, it’s a sign someone is innately selfish. Regardless, you can thank your parents if you are one of those special people who avoids hurting others by being rude. If you are extremely careful not yo do 11 rude things, your parents knew what they were doing 1. Talking over people Antonio Guillem | Shutterstock If you avoid talking over people, your parents did a great job raising you. Flat-out.  Conversations follow a natural pattern: one person speaks and the other person listens, waiting to share their thoughts until after the first person has finished. This pattern lets conversations flow comfortably and helps avoid rude behaviors, like …

Extremely rare 1924 Olympic gold medal up for auction

Extremely rare 1924 Olympic gold medal up for auction

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. An extremely rare piece of Olympics history hits the auction block this week. Sports enthusiasts with deep pockets have the chance to own an original gold medal from the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics.  The harp on this side of the medal represents the Cultural Olympiad, an artistic and cultural program that ran alongside the athletic competition. Image: Nate D. Sanders Auctions. The 1924 Paris Games were a hallmark of Olympics and sports history. More than 3,000 athletes from 44 countries competed in the first Olympics to include a Closing Ceremony. American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller won three gold medals and later went on to play Tarzan in 12 films. Swiss tennis player Richard Norris Williams won gold, after surviving the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. He almost lost both his legs after jumping into the freezing water, but made a full recovery. The Paris Games were also featured in the award-winning film Chariots of Fire. The 1924 Paris …

‘Extremely embarrassing’ for govt but no reprimand for Ben-Gvir over flotilla video

‘Extremely embarrassing’ for govt but no reprimand for Ben-Gvir over flotilla video

Published by Sam Flores

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the treatment of detained Gaza flotilla activists by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir “not in line with Israel’s values and norms”, after a video of Ben-Gvir taunting the detainees sparked international outcry. However, while “extremely embarrassing” for the Israeli government, there has been little in the way of reprimand for Ben-Gvir, says France 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky. Source link

Microsoft AI Researchers Just Discovered Something That’s Going to Make Their Bosses Extremely Mad

Microsoft AI Researchers Just Discovered Something That’s Going to Make Their Bosses Extremely Mad

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech AI automation is typically exactly what it sounds like: automating tasks — many of which were previously carried out by humans — in an attempt to boost productivity and efficiency, often in a prelude to laying off workers wholesale. However, a new yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper conducted by a group of Microsoft researchers and spotted by IT Pro found that today’s top AI systems remain eyebrow-raisingly weak at real-world workplace tasks. In fact, they often screw them up badly: the team studied frontier models including OpenAI’s GPT 5.4, Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 and Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro, and found that during complex assignments, those cutting edge bots corrupted an average of 25 percent of the content in documents. (Older models failed even more severely.) The researchers concluded that, overall, these “models are not ready for delegated workflows in the vast majority of domains” — which is a very striking finding from Microsoft in particular, which has made massive investments in …

‘Extremely positive and productive talks’: Trump praises Xi meeting

‘Extremely positive and productive talks’: Trump praises Xi meeting

Published by Sam Flores

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Donald Trump that missteps on Taiwan could push their two countries into “conflict”, a stark opening salvo as they met in Beijing on Thursday for a two-day summit. The Chinese Foreign ministry said the comments came in a closed-door meeting that lasted more than two hours. It was followed by a friendlier, opulent banquet during which Trump and Xi stressed the importance of working together. Story by Carys Garland. Keywords for this article Source link

Binman says ‘do not’ put extremely common item in your bin

Binman says ‘do not’ put extremely common item in your bin

Published by Sam Flores

Binmen could leave your rubbish behind on collection day if they spot this (Image: Getty) A binman claims that people who try to hide an item commonly found in many UK homes in the bin on collection day could have their rubbish left on the kerbside. He explained all on social media in a recent post. There are several ways to properly dispose of an old carpet or rug, says Ashley, who goes by @Theno1.binman on TikTok. He said: “Carpets? You do not put them in the bin. They are too big. They are a bulky item, so you do not put carpets in any of your household bins.” Why can’t carpets go in the bin? Carpets cannot go in regular household bins because they are bulky, heavy, non-biodegradable, and difficult to process, which creates issues at landfills and recycling facilities. They are considered specialised waste, and putting them in domestic bins can lead to non-collection or fines. Most carpets are made of synthetic fibres like nylon or polypropylene. These do not break down in …

Very difficult and extremely cool: how to start doing pull-ups | Well actually

Very difficult and extremely cool: how to start doing pull-ups | Well actually

Published by Sam Flores

The pull-up has long been seen as an important fitness metric. From 1966 to 2013, public middle and high school students in the US were required to do pull-ups as part of the presidential fitness test (an evaluation Donald Trump has considered reinstating). US Marine Corps members were long required to perform pull-ups as part of their regular physical fitness test, and prospective UK Royal Marines must complete a minimum of three to four pull-ups before they are eligible to join. There is no definitive data on how many adults can perform a proper pull-up, but two things are clear: they are very difficult and look extremely cool. “When a new client comes to see me, the most common exercise they say they’d like to be able to do is the pull-up,” says Emily Schofield, a certified personal trainer at the training company Ultimate Performance. “Achieving that first proper rep is one of the most satisfying milestones you can reach in the gym, because it’s a genuine, hard-earned display of strength, coordination and control.” Do …

Carrie Johnson’s ‘extremely crucial’ role in ITV’s binge-worthy 4-part drama Believe Me revealed

Carrie Johnson’s ‘extremely crucial’ role in ITV’s binge-worthy 4-part drama Believe Me revealed

Published by Daniella Wilson

From Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Four Lives to I Fought the Law, British television really knows how to deliver gripping true-crime drama. And ITV’s latest series, Believe Me, is no exception. Told over four binge-worthy episodes, the new series recounts the real-life story of a group of women who fell victim to John Warboys, one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders, and how they were failed by the system that was supposed to protect them. One of the women portrayed in the series is Carrie Johnson, formerly Carrie Symonds, who was spiked by taxi driver John Warboys in 2007 after a night out in Chelsea. © GettyCarrie Johnson worked in the press team of the conservative party Carrie later became one of the 14 women who testified against him at trial and played a key role in keeping him behind bars by using her experience and influence as a member of the Conservative Party press team. She later went on to marry former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. WATCH: The Best New …

Anok Yai Says She Felt “Extremely Nervous” to Wear a Prosthetic Wig as Balenciaga’s Black Madonna

Anok Yai Says She Felt “Extremely Nervous” to Wear a Prosthetic Wig as Balenciaga’s Black Madonna

Published by Sam Flores

“This is the first Met where I’ve done something crazy that I don’t think anyone will do,” supermodel Anok Yai told Vanity Fair as she was getting ready for the Met Gala 2026. “No one’s going to show up in another prosthetic wig, right?” Although Bad Bunny and Heidi Klum both used prosthetics for their Met Gala looks, it was the first Monday in May regular Yai, prepping for her “lucky number seven” Met Gala, who donned the evening’s only silicone-based hair. The unorthodox updo included a nod to the Greek mythological character Medusa, complete with a knotted snake adorned on the back of Yai’s head. Inspired by Renaissance paintings, Balenciaga creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli reimagined Yai as the Black Madonna, a figure seen throughout religious art. “I’m always nervous,” the Sudanese American model says. “But this time, I’m, like, extremely nervous.” The custom Balenciaga couture, complete with black ruched detailing, an oversized hood, and black leather gloves, required 15 people working around the clock for a week to make. “The train is about five …