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Quantum: The 'spooky' world of the incredibly small
This World Quantum Day, welcome to the realm of the phenomenally small where our every intuition is shattered at the tiniest level.
Adam Spencer
Apr 8, 2025
Piracy vs Progress: AI’s great copyright heist
From LibGen to Llama: How tech giants download pirated books to build AI models while creators go unpaid and ethical questions mount.
Adam Spencer
Apr 2, 2025
Super particle reveals secrets of the universe
An incredibly lucky find of an incredibly rarely seen particle sheds light on deep cosmological questions.
Adam Spencer
Mar 23, 2025
Has a new AI cracked creative writing?
As always, people are divided. Some laud its metafictional genius. Others call it pastiche garbage. Nerd News invites you to be the judge.
Adam Spencer
Mar 18, 2025
An Einstein π mash-up!
14 March is both Albert Einstein’s birthday and a day for maths nerds to celebrate the glory of π. Let’s get our geek on double time!
Adam Spencer
Mar 12, 2025
Is this the smartest AI ever?
Open AI’s Deep Research is like a specialised assistant who can analyse texts, write reports and identify knowledge gaps in c. 30 minutes.
Adam Spencer
Mar 5, 2025
A staggeringly large crypto theft!
North Korean badasses have stolen USD $2.5 billion in the largest crypto theft ever. Who is ByBit? And how good are the hackers?
Adam Spencer
Feb 25, 2025
The monkey of Venice
Two Aussie geeks have confirmed what we've long suspected about monkeys and Shakespeare.
Adam Spencer
Feb 19, 2025
The mathematics and science of Valentine’s Day
Beneath the romance, there’s a hidden world - from the geometry of love to evolutionary biology.
Adam Spencer
Feb 13, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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
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