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Kenneth Chang

@kchang.bsky.social
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Science reporter, The New York Times. Writes stuff.

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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Mathematicians should definitely read the last paragraph of this story. (I'll say I think the rest of my story is pretty good, too.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...
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The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem (Gift Article)
Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"We can say categorically that it is impossible for Dr. Buckmaster’s Codex prompts over the last two months to have influenced the system in any way, including training." — OpenAI spokesman in a statement www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...
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The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem (Gift Article)
Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Here's a new quiz question from the New York Times science section. This one is pretty easy, but also check out the older ones in "Test Your Knowledge of the Universe." www.nytimes.com/quiz/2026/08...
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It’s a Greek letter and a guy’s name. What does it mean?
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NASA’s Swift Observatory is doomed www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/s...
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NASA’s Attempt to Save the Swift Telescope Has Failed (Gift Article)
NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, is expected to burn up in the atmosphere.
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
For NASA's Voyagers, almost 49 years old, the "Big Bang" upgrade could extend their mission into the early 2030s. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/s...
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How NASA Engineers Are Keeping the Voyagers Alive (Gift Article)
A reworking of the spacecraft’s power systems could extend the nearly 50-year-old Voyagers’ exploration of interstellar space into the early 2030s.
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A Plutino has air! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/s...
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Surprising Signs of an Atmosphere Around a Tiny World, Billions of Miles Away
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Neutrinos! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/s...
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What Physics Knows About Ghostly Neutrinos Muddled by New Experiments
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
CP violation, baryons, mesons, neutrinos, oh my!
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New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A big interstellar visitor is zipping through the solar system.
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It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Might Be Big
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Amazing first images from the new Rubin Observatory. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...
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Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope’s First Images
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Something to read now that Elon postponed his "Making life interplanetary" talk until after the Flight 9 Starship launch attempt this evening. It's not just noise. There's a lot of science in a loud rocket. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...
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Sonic Detectives Want to Help SpaceX Listen Up
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
What Sonic Detectives Listen for When Rockets Launch www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...
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What Sonic Detectives Listen for When Rockets Launch
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I always loved interviewing the astronaut Don Pettit, a geek's geek who used his time in space to educate us about science and to wow us with his astonishing photography. A great story from @kchang.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/s...
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1 Astronaut, Many Cameras and 220 Days of Amazing Images From Space
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Jersey dinos and prehistory in a place you wouldn’t expect. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s... via @NYTimes
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A New Dinosaur Museum Rises From a Hole in the Ground in New Jersey (Gift Article)
The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 03/08/2023
For everyone complaining that mainstream media is ignoring the room-temperature superconductor: For everyone complaining that mainstream media is ignoring the room-temperature superconductor:
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LK-99 Is the Superconductor of the Summer
Social media users are excited about what would be a breakthrough in solid state physics, but many experts in the field are cautiously skeptical.
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Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 04/07/2023
How is everyone going to replace Tweetdeck? Can we get a new Nuzzel too?
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