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== Better Than News ==
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== Are You Sure ==
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== On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction ==
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== Topic of the Day ==
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Better Than News

  • Johnny Got His Code is an anti-war software development thriller film based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo about a military computer programmer (Jake Gyllenhaal) who finds himself trapped in a virtual military-industrial complex.

    Johnny Got His Code is an anti-war software development thriller film based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo about a military computer programmer (Jake Gyllenhaal) who finds himself trapped in a virtual military-industrial complex.

  • The Fremen is a 2022 American superhero film about a dispossessed aristocrat (Robert Pattinson) who uncovers corruption in the Gotham Water Department while investigating the Sprinkler, a water thief who is targeting Gotham's elite.

    The Fremen is a 2022 American superhero film about a dispossessed aristocrat (Robert Pattinson) who uncovers corruption in the Gotham Water Department while investigating the Sprinkler, a water thief who is targeting Gotham's elite.

  • The Wrath of Gorn is a science fiction war film starring Bobby Clark and Ricardo Montalbán.

    The Wrath of Gorn is a science fiction war film starring Bobby Clark and Ricardo Montalbán.

  • Men in Vac is a 1997 American science fiction action home improvement film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and James Spangler.

    Men in Vac is a 1997 American science fiction action home improvement film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and James Spangler.

  • The Directorate (original title: Alien Abduction) is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film about a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing director JJ Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg into their town.

    The Directorate (original title: Alien Abduction) is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film about a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing director JJ Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg into their town.

  • "The Great Gig and the Damage Done" is a song by Neil Young and Pink Floyd.

    "The Great Gig and the Damage Done" is a song by Neil Young and Pink Floyd.

  • The Odetta File is a 1974 political thriller film about a reporter (Jon Voight) investigating "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" (Odetta Holmes) in post-Second World War West Germany.

    The Odetta File is a 1974 political thriller film about a reporter (Jon Voight) investigating "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" (Odetta Holmes) in post-Second World War West Germany.

Are You Sure

• ... that the Royal Society posthumously awarded mathematician Georg Cantor its Sylvester Medal, the highest honor the Society can confer for work in mathematics, and that mathematician David Hilbert defended the award from its critics by declaring: "No one shall expel us from the Paradise that Cantor has created"?

• ... that mathematician Maria Agnesi's Instituzioni Analitiche is the first book on mathematics discussing both differential and integral calculus?

• ... that the Praxinoscope (an improved zoetrope) can be converted into a rudimentary scrying engine using simple Gnomon algorithm functions?

• ... that a greedy algorithm does not usually produce an optimal solution, but nonetheless a greedy heuristic may yield locally optimal solutions that approximate a globally optimal solution in a reasonable amount of time?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1799: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi dies. She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.

    1799: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi dies. She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.

  • 1848: Astronomer Caroline Herschel dies. She discovered several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name.

    1848: Astronomer Caroline Herschel dies. She discovered several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name.

  • 1894: New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. (Shown here: another telephone exchange circa 1900.)

    1894: New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. (Shown here: another telephone exchange circa 1900.)

  • 1916: Mathematician and entomologist Peter Twinn born. During the Second World War, he will be the first professional mathematician recruited by the British Government Code and Cypher School.

    1916: Mathematician and entomologist Peter Twinn born. During the Second World War, he will be the first professional mathematician recruited by the British Government Code and Cypher School.

  • 1918: Scientist, inventor, and educator Charles-Émile Reynaud dies. He invented the Praxinoscope (an improved zoetrope) and was responsible for the first projected animated films.

    1918: Scientist, inventor, and educator Charles-Émile Reynaud dies. He invented the Praxinoscope (an improved zoetrope) and was responsible for the first projected animated films.

  • 1923: Engineer, inventor, and pilot Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.

    1923: Engineer, inventor, and pilot Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.

  • 1942: Mathematician and cryptologist Jerzy Różycki dies. Różycki worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.

    1942: Mathematician and cryptologist Jerzy Różycki dies. Różycki worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.

  • 1955: Premiere of Yeast of Eden, an American period drama film about a wayward young baker (James Dean) who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the yeast of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel.

    1955: Premiere of Yeast of Eden, an American period drama film about a wayward young baker (James Dean) who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the yeast of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel.

  • 1989: Mathematician Marshall Harvey Stone dies. He contributed to real analysis, functional analysis, topology, and the study of Boolean algebra structures.

    1989: Mathematician Marshall Harvey Stone dies. He contributed to real analysis, functional analysis, topology, and the study of Boolean algebra structures.

Topic of the Day

Cold

  • I Snow What You Did Last Shiver is a 1997 American action-adventure film about four young friends who must survive winter hardship one year after covering up a car accident in which a man froze to death.

    I Snow What You Did Last Shiver is a 1997 American action-adventure film about four young friends who must survive winter hardship one year after covering up a car accident in which a man froze to death.

  • "Theme from Baikal, Baikal" (or "Baikal, Baikal") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese 1.1 film Baikal, Baikal (1977). It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli 1.1.

    "Theme from Baikal, Baikal" (or "Baikal, Baikal") is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese 1.1 film Baikal, Baikal (1977). It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli 1.1.

  • Jonathan Wintersong is a Christmas comedy album by Jonathan Winters and Sarah McLachlan.

    Jonathan Wintersong is a Christmas comedy album by Jonathan Winters and Sarah McLachlan.

  • The Empire Sews Back is a 1980 American epic space tailoring film a battle between the malevolent Galactic Garment Factory, led by the Emperor, and the Rebel Apparel Alliance, led by Princess Leia.

    The Empire Sews Back is a 1980 American epic space tailoring film a battle between the malevolent Galactic Garment Factory, led by the Emperor, and the Rebel Apparel Alliance, led by Princess Leia.

  • Indiana Jones and the Heat Death of the Universe is a theoretical physics film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Physicist and renowned film critic Lord Kelvin called it "the least watchable of all of the approximately 10.3 billion Indiana Jones films."

    Indiana Jones and the Heat Death of the Universe is a theoretical physics film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Physicist and renowned film critic Lord Kelvin called it "the least watchable of all of the approximately 10.3 billion Indiana Jones films."

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