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The four major disciplines propelling our students and our society forward; all about education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
AI Storybook Publishing: How Modern Creators Are Writing & Selling Books with Smart Tools
The dream of sharing a story with the world has always been a powerful one. For centuries, the path to publication was guarded by gatekeepers, requiring immense time, skill, and a dose of luck. Today, the landscape is shifting. A new wave of digital tools, particularly artificial intelligence, is democratizing the creative process, allowing aspiring creators to bring their ideas to life in ways that were previously unimaginable.
By Epic Vibes5 months ago in Education
AI Storybook Publishing: How Modern Creators Are Writing & Selling Books with Smart Tools
The dream of sharing a story with the world has always been a powerful one. For centuries, the path to publication was guarded by gatekeepers, requiring immense time, skill, and a dose of luck. Today, the landscape is shifting. A new wave of digital tools, particularly artificial intelligence, is democratizing the creative process, allowing aspiring creators to bring their ideas to life in ways that were previously unimaginable.
By Epic Vibes5 months ago in Education
Paradoxes : The logical mirrors
Paradoxes simply mean a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. Literary those are logical mirrors which initially seems like the answer is logical pretty forward, and then the mirror image of the logic also comes into play.
By Sanithu Sithwan5 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 16: Gravitational Lensing as Information, What Warped Photons Reveal
Gravitational lensing can be read as an informational process: gravity reshapes photon trajectories, encoding maps of mass and curvature into observable distortions, magnifications, and time delays. On galactic and cluster scales, lenses reveal dark matter distributions; on cosmic scales, cumulative lensing and expansion geometry alter apparent sizes and brightnesses across look-back time. Compact objects—black holes, neutron stars, brown dwarfs—add microlensing noise that, in aggregate, conveys counts of nonluminous matter, though single remnants rarely dominate. Observing a younger, smaller universe at greater distances that still spans our sky reflects both curvature and expansion history. In short, warped light is measured information.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 15: Gravitational Lensing Discoveries and the Limits of the Big Bang Model
In this interview, Scott Douglas Jacobsen speaks with Rick Rosner about the recent surge in gravitational lensing discoveries and their implications for cosmology. Rosner explains how modern instruments are producing vast amounts of data, sometimes straining existing theoretical frameworks. He outlines the history of the Big Bang model, from Hubble’s redshift law to the cosmic microwave background, and its ongoing refinement through inflation and the ΛCDM model. Reflecting on confirmation bias, Rosner considers how his own information-centric perspective shapes his interpretations. The discussion underscores both the resilience of the Big Bang framework and the open questions driving contemporary astrophysics.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 14: Dynamic Mathematical Organisms
In this dialogue, Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore the nature of organisms as products of evolution and information-processing systems. Jacobsen frames organisms as dynamic mathematical objects shaped by natural laws and mathematics, raising questions about higher purposes. Rosner highlights that many microorganisms, even without brains, display behaviours through tropisms and adaptive responses. Organisms survive by building internal models of their environment, predicting outcomes, and adjusting behaviour. They process sensory input through contextual frameworks that give information meaning. Rosner emphasizes evolutionary traits, the seven biological life processes, and the negentropic quality of life that maintains order in the face of entropy.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 months ago in Education
Three (3) Essential Steps to Going Abroad Successfully
Traveling or relocating abroad is an exciting opportunity, whether it is for education, work, or personal exploration. However, moving to another country involves more than booking a flight and packing bags. To ensure a safe, smooth, and successful transition, there are three essential steps everyone must take before going abroad: preparing travel documents, planning finances, and understanding the destination’s rules and culture. These steps serve as a roadmap, reducing risks and increasing the likelihood of a positive experience in a foreign country.
By Shiran Pallewatta5 months ago in Education
The Danger of Cats Eating Chicken Bones: A Serious Health Risk
Cats are beloved pets, admired for their playful behavior, independence, and companionship. While many pet owners enjoy sharing food with their feline friends, certain human foods can pose serious risks to cats, with chicken bones being a particularly dangerous example. Despite their small size, chicken bones can be extremely hazardous to cats, potentially causing life-threatening injuries if ingested. Understanding the dangers of feeding cats chicken bones is crucial for responsible pet ownership and the health of these cherished animals.
By Shiran Pallewatta5 months ago in Education
OpenAI reverses course on Sora: new owner controls and a path to monetization
OpenAI announced this week that it will give rights holders of content much more control over what becomes of their characters and copyrighted material within **Sora**, its new text-to-video app — and will pilot methods for sending revenue to rights holders who decide to get involved. The announcement follows a botched launch where users quickly flooded Sora with short AI-generated clips of mainstream characters and, in some cases, generated violent, hateful, or otherwise objectionable material that filtered through the app's moderation. Sora, its second iteration, enables users to produce around 10-second videos — typically stylized or character-based — and post them to a social feed.
By Shiran Pallewatta5 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 13: Information, Entropy, and the Universe’s Memory
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner explore the elusive meaning of information in the universe. Jacobsen frames physical impacts, like smashing a rock, as information exchanges, then asks how fluids, solids, and plasmas differ in recording such exchanges. Rosner notes humans treat information as news or signals, but cosmically, “it from bit” theorists see every quantum event as informational. Yet many events, like collisions or solar reactions, leave no lasting record. He compares this to consciousness, where micro-events are integrated into larger patterns. The dialogue highlights entropy, durability of records, and whether the universe meaningfully “remembers” its countless micro-events.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 months ago in Education
Fumfer Physics 12: Do We Face Infinite Whys and Finite Hows?
Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner debate whether the limits of knowledge lie within philosophy, physics, or both. Rosner explains that what was once metaphysics has largely been replaced by theoretical and experimental science, leaving philosophy more concerned with humanity’s relationship to existence. While physics seeks the "how" of reality, philosophy pursues the "why," which may be infinite. They discuss the logical foundations of existence, the role of contradictions, and how quantum mechanics blurs certainty at micro scales but stabilizes at macro scales. Even with a “final theory,” Rosner argues, our assumptions can always be questioned.
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 months ago in Education
