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Will 2024 YR4 spell danger in 2032 4US?
Scientists discover asteroid on potential collision course to Earth - and the doomsday gears start turning.
Adam Spencer
Feb 10
DeepSeek: Game changer or flash in the pan?
A global stock market shock caused by a Chinese AI company that didn’t exist 18 months ago...
Adam Spencer
Feb 5
Solve a birthday brainbuster and win a book
While I’m not big on publicly sharing my birthday, I love the dynamic mathematical subbranch of birthday logic puzzles.
Adam Spencer
Jan 29
Hello 2025 + a brand new year of geekery
Instead of saying, “Have a happy 2025”, why not really nerd it up and say, "Have a happy 45²!"
Adam Spencer
Jan 22
Santa's global dash - the quantum physics
A bit of Christmas Calculus to get the blood pumping!
Adam Spencer
Dec 11, 2024
Australia's landmark social media ban
Controversial legislation reflects a growing concern and has sparked a global debate. What does it mean and why does it matter?
Adam Spencer
Dec 2, 2024
AI's insatiable power demands
Increasing concerns about their rapacious hunger for electricity to power them and water to stop them overheating.
Adam Spencer
Nov 27, 2024
Will an 18-year-old Indian become the new world chess champ?
For millions of chess nerds like myself, this is a massive week.
Adam Spencer
Nov 19, 2024
Knights and Knaves classic brainbuster
Solve this classic maths brainbuster to win a signed copy of one of my maths books.
Adam Spencer
Nov 12, 2024
It's prime time (maths, not MAFS!)
Amateur mathematician discovers new monstrously large prime number over 41 million digits!
Adam Spencer
Nov 6, 2024
Congratulations to Australia's #1 scientist
It's the gold-medal geekery of October - the Nobel Prizes and (almost as) prestigious Australian Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.
Adam Spencer
Oct 23, 2024
Nerd News: Dial 'M' for Microbe
Most of us know that our mobile phones can be bad for our health. But what about the bugs inhabiting the surface of your phone?!
Adam Spencer
Oct 9, 2024
Nerd News: Behind the Bluetooth logo
Every time you connect your AirPods to your phone, you're engaging with a fragment of ancient Viking language.
Adam Spencer
Oct 1, 2024
Nerd News: Turn text into a podcast
AI that can turn text into a conversation - basically creating a bespoke podcast.
Adam Spencer
Sep 24, 2024
Nerd News: How does Gen AI create deepfakes?
There are so many applications of generative AI dropping at the moment, it is hard to keep up. One that fascinates me is the latest wave of
Adam Spencer
Sep 18, 2024
Nerd News: Your Wednesday dose of glorious geekiness
Welcome to my weekly Wednesday dose of glorious geekiness to put a smile on your face and maybe make the run to the weekend a little easier.
Adam Spencer
Sep 11, 2024
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