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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Euclid person - What They Never Told You

Gorsuch and Sotomayor Unite in Another Civil Liberties Case

Plus: How a conservative Supreme Court justice ushered in “the birth of modern zoning.”

Reason · Oct 27

What your eyes could reveal about your heart health

More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Euclid began his treatise Optics with an assumption that now sounds peculiar: visual rays travelled out from the eye towards the objects we see.

The Conversation · Oct 2

Euclidean Zoning: How Our 'Arbitrary and Oppressive' City Planning Scheme Got Its Name

Is it named after the father of geometry or a Cleveland suburb? Both.

Reason · Aug 17

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Quote of the day by the man who revolutionized probability theory, Blaise Pascal: "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing." - Most influential and inspiring life lessons on love, wisdom, faith, and human nature

The quote of the day by Blaise Pascal reminds us that human life is rarely governed by pure logic. His famous words state that the heart has its reasons of which reason knows absolutely nothing. This profound insight explores the eternal conflict between human emotion and the analytical mind.

The Economic Times · Jun 29

“That required some right hand training. It was like a tongue twister for my hands”: Mike Dawes has transformed a Sleep Token song into a solo acoustic guitar masterclass – and the results are awe-inspiring

The acoustic virtuoso has already tackled Foo Fighters, Van Halen, and Jimi Hendrix – now he's taking on the hottest act in metal

Guitar World · May 2, 2025

Can you solve it? Here’s (not) looking at Euclid

A trio of triangle teasers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025

Euclid 'dark universe' telescope discovers stunning Einstein ring in warped space-time (image)

The "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid has discovered its first Einstein ring in the process, learning about dark matter at the heart of a distant galaxy.

Space · Feb 10, 2025

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Is math objectively real?

Scientists still debate whether our mathematical models of the universe objectively exist

Salon · Jul 27, 2024

'The beauty of symbolic equations is that it's much easier to … see a problem at a glance': How we moved from words and pictures to thinking symbolically

"Even the +, −, =, and × signs we take for granted only came into widespread use in the 17th century. Which means that the earlier algebraists we know of … all had expressed their equations mostly in words or pictorial word images"

LiveScience · Jun 30, 2024

‘He had a sarcastic turn of phrase’: discovery of 1509 book sheds new light on ‘father of utilitarianism’

Unearthed notes owned by the renowned philosopher Jeremy Bentham reveal the roots of his influential ethics

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

Starless And Forever Alone: More 'Rogue' Planets Discovered

The Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and lonely worlds floating freely through the universe untethered to any star.

International Business Times · May 29, 2024

Scientists pick their favorite Euclid 'dark universe' telescope images: 'The best is still to come'

The European Space Agency has now released ten images from its dark universe detective spacecraft, Euclid. We asked scientists from various fields to pick their favorite Euclid image thus far.

Space · May 28, 2024

Euclid Space Telescope Unveils New Images Of The Cosmos

A mind-boggling number of shining galaxies, a purple and orange star nursery and a spiral galaxy similar to our Milky Way: new images were revealed from Europe's Euclid space telescope on Thursday.

International Business Times · May 23, 2024

Matt Yglesias on the Takings Clause and Curbing Exclusionary Zoning

Prominent political commentator and zoning reform advocate comments on my work on this topic (with Joshua Braver).

Reason · Mar 14, 2024

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LiveScience · Nov 23, 2023

What is the largest known prime number?

There are infinitely many prime numbers, but the biggest one we know of goes by the name M82589933 and contains more than 24 million digits.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

Shimmering galaxies revealed in new photos by European space telescope

Scientists have unveiled the first pictures taken by the European space telescope Euclid

The Conversation · Aug 9, 2023

A brief illustrated guide to 'scissors congruence' − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fueling cutting-edge mathematical research

In math class, you probably learned how to compute the area of lots of different shapes by memorizing algebraic formulas. Remember “base x height” for rectangles and “½ base x height” for triangles? Or “𝜋 x radius²” for circles?

Orlando Sentinel · Jul 1, 2023

SpaceX launches Euclid space telescope to study ‘dark universe’

Dark energy and dark matter are enigmatic concepts targeted by a European Space Agency space telescope named Euclid that launched from the Space Coast on Saturday.

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Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2023

SpaceX launches Euclid space telescope on historic mission to explore dark universe

Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched the European Space Agency's Euclid from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US, as it heads towards an area in space known as the second Lagrange point

The Hindu · Jul 1, 2023

Europe's Euclid space telescope set for launch to explore 'dark universe'

A SpaceX rocket in Florida stood poised for launch on Saturday carrying the euclid space telescope built to shed light on mysterious cosmic phenomena known as dark energy and dark matter, unseen forces scientists say account for 95% of the known universe.

Space · Jul 1, 2023

Who is the Euclid 'dark universe' space telescope named after?

Dark matter and dark energy distort traditional Euclidean geometry in the universe, and the Euclid mission will measure how much they distort it by.

Space · Jun 28, 2023

Watch dark matter-hunting Euclid probe launch on SpaceX rocket on July 1

The European-led Euclid mission will launch July 1 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Here's how to watch the free webcast of the liftoff.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023

The big idea: Will AI make us stupid?

There may be an unexpected upside to machines taking on more of our mental tasks

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023

Scientists hope Euclid telescope will reveal mysteries of dark matter

European space probe will capture images that will provide insights about what the universe is made of

Inverse · May 14, 2023

This New Space Satellite Is Destined To Unlock the Secrets of the "Dark Universe"

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid satellite completed the first part of its long journey into space on May 1, 2023, when it arrived in Florida on a boat from Italy.

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