K.C. Snowbourne – Short Stories

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Physicists Nail Down the ‘Magic Number’ That Shapes the Universe.

A team in Paris has made the most precise measurement yet of the fine-structure constant, killing hopes for a new force of nature.

admin Pinkie Boyle

No responses 7 min read

How Dreams of Spacefaring Zombies Led to the Launch of Sputnik.

What, you think there’s enough room on Earth for everyone who has ever lived?

admin Stephania Braun

2 responses 4 min read

Algorithms Supercharged Gerrymandering. We Should Use Them to Fix it.

A new suite of open source redistricting software can help citizens reclaim democracy.

admin K.C. Snowbourne

One response 21 min read

5 Years Cruising the World, They Still Living the Dream.

Asia at Sea talked to Brian about how this all started and to find out where they are now and how they are getting along.

admin Chaya Johns

3 responses 11 min read

Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto, the Creator of Bitcoin?

Like a frustrating episode of Lost, there’s one too many clues and few, if any, answers.

admin Pinkie Boyle

3 responses 14 min read

How Humans Will Respond to Immortality: An Interview with Philosopher John Fischer.

The scope of The Immortality Project reflects that boundlessness.

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2 responses 20 min read

The Nations Guaranteed to Be Swallowed by the Sea.

“We’ve already lost some island atolls. On others the rising sea is destroying homes, washing away coffins and skeletons from graves”

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2 responses 7 min read

Meet Aubrey de Grey, the Researcher Who Wants to Cure Old Age.

He believes that tackling the individual illnesses that haunt old people’s lives is a fundamentally flawed strategy.

K.C. Snowbourne

No responses 11 min read

I Skyped Jacques Cousteau's Grandson on the Bottom of the Ocean.

The expedition is led by Fabien Cousteau, the grandson of the well-known French oceanographer and scuba visionary Jacques Cousteau.

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One response 8 min read

Haunted by His Brother, He Revolutionized Physics.

Time. As a physicist, Wheeler had always been curious to untangle the nature of that mysterious dimension.

Lorena Christiansen Keeley Fadel

No responses 20 min read

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