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Watch the celebrations, on mute

https://rootprivileges.net/2025/07/15/watch-the-celebrations-on-mute/

Published: July 15, 2025 05:59

Right now, Shubhanshu Shukla is on his way back to Earth from the International Space Station. Am I proud heā€™s been the first Indian up there? I donā€™t know. Itā€™s not clear. The whole thing seemed to be stage-managed. Shukla didnā€™t say anything surprising,ā€¦

A blog questions challenge

https://rootprivileges.net/2025/07/14/a-blog-questions-challenge/

Published: July 14, 2025 05:07

I hadnā€™t checked my notifications on X.com in a while. When I did yesterday, I found Pradx had tagged me in a blog post called ā€œa challenge of blog questionsā€ in March. The point is to answer a short list of questions about my blogging history, then tagā€¦

Sharks donā€™t do math

https://rootprivileges.net/2025/07/13/sharks-dont-do-math/

Published: July 13, 2025 12:42

From ā€™Sharks hunt via LĆ©vy flightsā€™, Physics World, June 11, 2010: They were menacing enough before, but how would you feel if you knew sharks were employing advanced mathematical concepts in their hunt for the kill? Well, this is the case, according toā€¦

The hidden heatwave

https://rootprivileges.net/2025/07/13/the-hidden-heatwave/

Published: July 13, 2025 10:22

A heatwave is like the COVID-19 virus. During the pandemic, the virus infected and killed many people. When vaccines became available, the mortality rate dropped even though the virus continued to spread. But vaccines werenā€™t the only way to keep peopleā€¦

Quantum clock breaks entropy barrier

https://www.diffract.org/2025/07/12/quantum-clock-breaks-entropy-barrier/

Published: July 12, 2025 13:49

In physics, the second law of thermodynamics says that a closed system tends to become more disordered over time. This disorder is captured in an entity called entropy. Many devices, especially clocks, are affected by this law because they need to tickā€¦

Measuring the Meissner effect under pressure

https://www.diffract.org/2025/07/05/measuring-the-meissner-effect-under-pressure/

Published: July 5, 2025 02:30

In the last two or three years, groups of scientists from around the world have made several claims that they had discovered a room-temperature superconductor. Many of these claims concerned high-pressure superconductors ā€” materials that superconductā€¦

Iranā€™s nuclear options

https://www.rootprivileges.net/2025/06/28/irans-nuclear-options/

Published: June 28, 2025 15:24

From ā€˜What is next for Iranā€™s nuclear programme?ā€™, The Hindu, June 28, 2025:As things stand, Iran has amassed both the technical knowhow and the materials required to make a nuclear weapon. Second, the Israelis and the Americans have failed to deprive Iranā€¦

Iranā€™s nuclear options

https://rootprivileges.net/2025/06/28/irans-nuclear-options/

Published: June 28, 2025 03:18

From ā€˜What is next for Iranā€™s nuclear programme?ā€™, The Hindu, June 28, 2025: As things stand, Iran has amassed both the technical knowhow and the materials required to make a nuclear weapon. Second, the Israelis and the Americans have failed to depriveā€¦