What happens to beauty, truth, and proof when the prover isn't a person? Join hosts @stevenstrogatz.com and @jannalevinastro.bsky.social tomorrow for a discussion on AI and math in a special live recording of The Joy of Why podcast at #ICM2026. Reserve your spot: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-joy-of...

So great to see a @biographic.bsky.social story in @theopennotebook.bsky.social's, "The Best Science Stories and How They Work." The always thoughtful @bengoldfarb.bsky.social annotated a bG story by writer Kamala Thiagarajan. Great resource, grab your copy: www.theopennotebook.com/the-best-sci...

The Best Science Stories and How They Work: A Collection with Commentary - The Open Notebook

An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.

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The end of an era: Manil Suri reflects on his impending retirement after several decades as a math professor, building his reminiscences around the artifacts of his office — the paper clips, the chalkboard, the overstuffed filing cabinets. manilsuri.substack.com/p/on-saying-...

On saying goodbye to my office

And retiring from the only job I've ever had

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a truly joyful "joy of why" podcast from @stevenstrogatz.com fantastic discussion with Adam Riess, a former student and 2011 Nobel Prize winner, about cosmology. he's still doing great work studying the mysteries of science. Steve Strogatz' students are fortunate.

Just finished this one, 'The Joy of X' by Steven Strogatz (2012). It's thought provoking and it explores some tricky concepts but above all, for a book on a traditionally maligned subject, it's readable for those of us who aren't mathematicians #booksky #books #maths 📚

Can also recommend Infinite Powers also by @stevenstrogatz.com Quite an achievement to make a book about calculus a great summer beach read! www.thalia.at/shop/home/ar...

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Noise Research@noiseresearch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Just finished this one, 'The Joy of X' by Steven Strogatz (2012). It's thought provoking and it explores some tricky concepts but above all, for a book on a traditionally maligned subject, it's readable for those of us who aren't mathematicians #booksky #books #maths 📚

How fast is the universe expanding? Two reasonable ways of estimating the expansion rate give puzzlingly different results. I discussed what this mystery might mean with Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist Adam Riess - join us! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Joy of Why

Life Sciences Podcast · Updated Biweekly · “The Joy of Why” is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the cosmologist ...

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The global neuronal workspace (GNW) is currently the best documented neuroscience mechanism by which conscious processing arises in the human brain — and now Anthropic researchers have discovered a similar workspace inside their large language model ! www.anthropic.com/research/glo...

A global workspace in language models

Interpretability research on Claude's internal thoughts.

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Now with a nice "Editors' Suggestion" badge! We have some further rigorous results (i.e., not approximations) to follow shortly.

NetScience@netscience.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Threshold and quasistationary distribution for the susceptible-infectious-susceptible model on networks link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/...

@stevenstrogatz.com today's "Joy of Why" was great. Lauren Williams was brilliant. the back-and-forth between two stellar mathematicians was terrific to listen to. you made a difficult topic accessible w/o being condescending to your audience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

What Is the Positive Grassmannian and Why Does It Show Up Everywhere?

Podcast Episode · The Joy of Why · June 25 · 52m

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To give you a taste, here are the first three pages (from the page proofs - the book is still in production)

My new book! Written w my pal Alex Townsend, it's about the math behind enormous systems (medical scans, AI, etc.) and what happens when they outgrow our ability to understand them. Pre-order at @barnesandnoble.com for 25% off -> www.barnesandnoble.com/w/big-math-s... @littlebrown.bsky.social

Last week, with the good excuse of a 15 min lecture, I have discovered taxicab geometry. Very fun and surprising to say the least! So I took my chance to type down the lecture in my blog. I hope you enjoy www.mseri.me/the-geometry... #mathSky #eduSky

Ever wanted an interactive lightning-fast solver for models in physics, chemistry, or biology? Do you have a web browser? I'm thrilled to share our website visualpde.com, built explicitly to create interactive spatial models on most devices. Follow @visualpde.com for cool updates!

VisualPDE

VisualPDE brings interactive science and mathematics to the web. Explore topics including waves, viruses and reaction—diffusion patterns, or create your own simulation.

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"Unputdownable" is an apt description of quite a lot of @stevenstrogatz.com's writing! I'm glad to see such passion from a student who asked for summer reading recommendations 😀.

For America's upcoming 250th anniversary, Time Magazine asked several people to suggest an example of a "Science and Health Breakthrough Shaping a New American Era." My suggestion: Big Math, the computer-assisted study of enormous systems. time.com/collection/o...

The Science and Health Breakthroughs Shaping a New American Era

TIME asked Bill Nye, Emily Oster, Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, and 22 others to tell us about the scientific advances defining the U.S. at 250

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Our beloved dog Murray had a calm and happy ending with us yesterday morning. Eating bacon and hamburger with great pleasure until the anesthesia made him sleepy and he lay his face down and dreamed of chipmunks. We were petting him and telling him what a good boy he is.

“The Joy of Why” is back. In our first episode of the new season, pioneering biochemist Jennifer Doudna talks about how her early, “rebellious,” decision to study RNA led her to a Nobel Prize. Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What’s the Future of Gene Editing?

Podcast Episode · The Joy of Why · June 11 · 51m

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Really good podcast. The surprisingly simple formula is to get people who actually know what they’re talking about and let them talk. It’ll never catch on.

Steven Strogatz@stevenstrogatz.com · 2mo ago

If you like podcasts about math and science, I hope you'll check out The Joy of Why, which I cohost with my pal @jannalevinastro.bsky.social. Our first guest is the wonderful Jennifer Doudna, who discusses RNA, the CRISPR gene-editing mechanism, and her rebellious streak. youtu.be/T1SzNRElup0?...

If you like podcasts about math and science, I hope you'll check out The Joy of Why, which I cohost with my pal @jannalevinastro.bsky.social. Our first guest is the wonderful Jennifer Doudna, who discusses RNA, the CRISPR gene-editing mechanism, and her rebellious streak. youtu.be/T1SzNRElup0?...

What Is the Future of Gene Editing? | PODCAST: The Joy of Why

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This terrific article by Siobhan Roberts could help elevate the public discussion of AI in mathematics. The interview about the Leiden Declaration is especially helpful. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/s...

As A.I. Makes Strides in Mathematics, Mathematicians Urge Caution

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I'm listening to a wonderful book about Roger Penrose, THE IMPOSSIBLE MAN, by @patchenbarss.bsky.social . Such gorgeous writing and sensitive storytelling. And the math & physics – and the sociology of science – are described so beautifully and compellingly! Bravo!

The concrete -> abstract approach is used in elementary math ed as well with success. Found the trig example ~ metric space connection intriguing. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Concreteness Fading in Mathematics and Science Instruction: a Systematic Review - Educational Psychology Review

A longstanding debate concerns the use of concrete versus abstract instructional materials, particularly in domains such as mathematics and science. Although decades of research have focused on the ad...

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“Kevin Hartnett is one of today’s finest chroniclers of math. With marvelous clarity and narrative flair, he introduces us to computer-verified proof, the drama behind it, and the people reimagining what math can be.” — @stevenstrogatz.com www.quantabooks.org/books/the-pr...

The Proof in the Code - Quanta Books

The inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?

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@stevenstrogatz.com I was showing my undergraduates your lovely 1988 Romeo & Juliet differential equations paper. Which is an excellent way of demonstrating novel and enjoyable applications of maths. A possible popular update could changing it to the two protagonists of Heated Rivalry.

Had fun talking with @websedgescience.bsky.social at the #APSSummit26 on how physics & math can explain fashion cycles! @aps-dsnp.bsky.social @stevenstrogatz.com

WebsEdge Science@websedgescience.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Mini skirts are back & according to physics...that might not be a coincidence. At #APSSummit26 @mathemmatician.bsky.social is bringing mathematical models to the runway of human behavior – because the laws of physics can apply to wardrobes AND particles. @apsphysics.bsky.social‬ youtu.be/lCpLFC7TMDA

Join us at Cornell on March 24 for a screening of this wonderful new documentary about a summer math camp for high school kids that has had an amazing impact on math in the United States. #ithaca as.cornell.edu/news/hunting...

The 2026 Science Communication Awards are now open! If you’re a science journalist, communicator, or researcher creating public-facing work communicating #STEM, I encourage you to apply. Deadline: April 3, 2026 Apply: www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excel... #SciComm

National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications

The National Academies are accepting submissions to an annual award program that aims to recognize and develop excellence in science communication by research scientists, science journalists, and scie...

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@bcdreyer.social you might get a smile out of this one, as seen in the Wikipedia page for Jonathan Rosen: "He lives in Manhattan with his wife, a Conservative rabbi, and their daughters." Just hope they're all happy with this arrangement. Who am I to judge?

I've just started reading this new book by Shekhar Khare, a renowned number theorist at UCLA, and I highly recommend it. It takes the reader on an intellectual adventure, with very illuminating analogies and vivid storytelling. It's a book about some brilliant math, but it also has a great heart.