Nobel Prize

nobelprize.org

15 October 2026 15:03

”I hope this reflects on the really courageous people who joined me in the beginning of this project when no respectable conservative physicists would have joined me, but many talented people did, and that's why I'm here.” - physics laureate Francis Halzen speaking at today's prize announcement.

Sean Carroll

seanmcarroll.bsky.social

15 October 2026 15:03

Such a good Nobel Prize! Francis Halzen is a great person, and “let’s turn the Antarctic ice sheet into a neutrino detector” is the kind of idea that deserves a Prize if you can pull it off.

Yuxi on the Wired

yuxi.ml

13 October 2026 08:24

a technological phase change in chemistry before 1938, thermometer, years to determine a structure after 1950, spectroscopies (many types), hours to determine a structure

Matthew Green

matthewdgreen.bsky.social

08 October 2026 07:48

If you haven’t asked abliterated GLM 5.3 to hack the Internet’s core routers, then you’re a happier person than I am right now.

Singularity's Bounty e/CC

catblanketflower.yuwakisa.com

21 September 2026 18:33

The philosophers have ruled that empirical evidence on LLMs is disqualified Of course a philosopher would hold that view