"This sentence is a lie." That sentence is a famous philosophical paradox. If the sentence is true, that means it's a lie. But if it's a lie, then it can't be true. And if it's false, that means it's not a lie. But that means it's telling the truth. It's impossible to make … [Read more...]
Mathematicians Spent 65 Years Trying to Solve for the Number 42. But Why?
One million hours. That's how long it took to run the calculations for a ground-breaking mathematics discovery. And that wasn't some lone genius typing numbers into his graphing calculator for a million hours: it was a worldwide computer network running calculations for a … [Read more...]
TIPsters Look to the Stars
We always tell TIPsters to reach for the stars—and sometimes we mean that literally. Every year, dozens of TIP students study life out beyond the atmosphere. We interviewed a few of them to learn about what they do, what they find interesting, and what they have to tell other … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: Hidden Figures
When most people think about going to space, they think about astronauts. That makes sense, given that astronauts are the ones who go to space. But before they can float in the great nothingness or walk on the moon, there is a huge team of people who have extremely difficult work … [Read more...]
What Is Life in Space Like?
In a recent article in the New York Times, US Navy fighter pilots reported unidentified flying objects off the east coast. They even captured them on video. It’s fascinating to contemplate whether these reported UFOs were an advanced alien species from across the galaxy coming to … [Read more...]
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