Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Mathematicians 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...nytimes.comThe 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. 3167
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...nytimes.comThe 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. 013
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Here'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...nytimes.comIt’s a Greek letter and a guy’s name. What does it mean? 2163
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 19/08/2026NASA’s Swift Observatory is doomed www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/s...nytimes.comNASA’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. 43015
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 18/08/2026For 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...nytimes.comHow 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. 06723
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 07/05/2026A Plutino has air! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/s...nytimes.comSurprising Signs of an Atmosphere Around a Tiny World, Billions of Miles Away 16512
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Neutrinos! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/s...nytimes.comWhat Physics Knows About Ghostly Neutrinos Muddled by New Experiments 090
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 16/07/2025CP violation, baryons, mesons, neutrinos, oh my!nytimes.comNew Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found 38217
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 02/07/2025A big interstellar visitor is zipping through the solar system.nytimes.comIt Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Might Be Big 69112
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Amazing first images from the new Rubin Observatory. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...nytimes.comVera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope’s First Images 060
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Something 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...nytimes.comSonic Detectives Want to Help SpaceX Listen Up 040
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 26/05/2025What Sonic Detectives Listen for When Rockets Launch www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...nytimes.comWhat Sonic Detectives Listen for When Rockets Launch 153
Reposted by Kenneth ChangJohn Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 18/05/2025I 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...nytimes.com1 Astronaut, Many Cameras and 220 Days of Amazing Images From Space 0102
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Jersey dinos and prehistory in a place you wouldn’t expect. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s... via @NYTimesnytimes.comA 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. 141
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Thanks! There’s also this article that gets more into the science that the Blue Ghost payloads did on the surface. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/s...nytimes.comAfter Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost Moon Lander (Gift Article)Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years. 020
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 03/08/2023For everyone complaining that mainstream media is ignoring the room-temperature superconductor: For everyone complaining that mainstream media is ignoring the room-temperature superconductor:nytimes.comLK-99 Is the Superconductor of the SummerSocial media users are excited about what would be a breakthrough in solid state physics, but many experts in the field are cautiously skeptical. 092
Kenneth Chang @kchang.bsky.social · 04/07/2023How is everyone going to replace Tweetdeck? Can we get a new Nuzzel too? 291
