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Supersized Hadron Collider to ‘reveal universe secrets’

A £17 billion successor to the Large Hadron Collider is being planned by Cern scientists to continue the work of the world’s largest particle accelerator. A 168 million-year-old pterosaur has been found in Scotland. Also in this episode: ‘Hackers-for-hire’ targeted by UK cyber-spies Low-tech, high…

How AI Helped Unwrap 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scrolls - The Vesuvius Challenge

In June 2026, a team of papyrologists and AI researchers achieved something once thought impossible: reading an entire ancient scroll, carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, from beginning to end, without ever physically opening it. In this episode of the Via Stoica Podcast, I'm joi…

TWiV 1101: It's not over 'til it's Offit

Paul Offit joins TWiV to discuss his latest book, "Tell Me When It's Over", an insider's guide to deciphering COVID myths and navigating our post-pandemic world. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Brianne Barker Guest: Paul Offit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts…

Using AI to Understand the Thoughts of the Dead

Writings and records are how we understand long-gone civilizations without being able to interact with ancient peoples. A recent opinion paper suggested we could feed chatbots writings from the past to simulate ancient participants for social psychology studies. Similar survey experiments with mode…

Using AI to Understand the Thoughts of the Dead

Writings and records are how we understand long-gone civilizations without being able to interact with ancient peoples. A recent opinion paper suggested we could feed chatbots writings from the past to simulate ancient participants for social psychology studies. Similar survey experiments with mode…

TWiV 1101: It's not over 'til it's Offit

Paul Offit joins TWiV to discuss his latest book, “Tell Me When It’s Over”, an insider’s guide to deciphering COVID myths and navigating our post-pandemic world. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Brianne Barker Guest: Paul Offit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts…

October 12th, 2023 | The midwit home

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on October 12th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:32): Introduction to Modern StatisticsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37854846&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:28): First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum…

Nat Friedman (Github CEO) — Reading ancient scrolls, open source, & AI

It is said that the two greatest problems of history are: how to account for the rise of Rome, and how to account for her fall. If so, then the volcanic ashes spewed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD - which entomb the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in South Italy - hold history’s greatest prize. For b…

Unraveling the Future - Mishpatim

The BBC reports that a badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside it for 2,000 years. The document, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79CE and is too fragile to ev…

Our Place in God’s Creation

COZ107: Pope Francis has issued a new apostolic exhortation, Laudato Deum, so Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss its science and faith elements which are part of the call to action to promote an attitude of integral ecology. Plus, they discuss the Vesuvius Challenge. Get all new episodes automa…