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You might have heard about the AT protocol (if not, read this!) Together, all servers speaking the AT protocol comprise the atmosphere—a web of hyperlinked JSON. Each piece of JSON on the atmosphere has its own at:// URI: But where … Read more

That white floppy hat on top of every Smurf’s head. What is it?  Where did it come from? Do Smurfs have bald spots? We’ve got a history lesson coming up here, folks.  Sit back. But, first, let’s answer a side … Read more

11 August 2025 “… all of this ended up in storage rooms, and everything became rotten and full of holes, and he himself finally turned into some kind of hole in humanity.” ✪✪“…все это сваливалось в кладовые, и все становилось … Read more

As of 2023, the US has around 142.3 million housing units: roughly one home for every 2.4 people in the country. The vast majority of these homes – 127.5 million – are occupied. The remaining 14.8 million homes are vacant. … Read more

In 1962. There — that answers the clickbaity title right away. NASA had viable designs for rotating wheel space stations that could have given astronauts artificial gravity. Then, the Apollo program effectively killed them. While NASA’s lunar focus delivered the … Read more

HomeChild & Infant Mortality It’s difficult to compare countries because they don’t always measure infant mortality in the same way. Which country is the safest for a baby to be born? Answering this question might seem easy: divide the number … Read more

In the course of reporting this series on the impact of artificial intelligence on science and math, Quanta writers interviewed close to 100 experts — computer scientists, biologists, physicists, mathematicians and many others. Just about everyone reported seeing the impact … Read more

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HomeAir Pollution A breakdown of the sources of many air pollutants that damage our health and ecosystems. Millions of people die prematurely from air pollution every year. This problem has existed since humans started burning materials for fuel — first … Read more