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Dennis Gaitsgory Wins Breakthrough Prize for Solving Part of Math’s Grand Unified Theory
Dennis Gaitsgory, Who Proved Part of Math’s Grand Unified Theory, Wins Breakthrough Prize By solving part of the Langlands program, a mathematical proof that was long thought to be unachievable, Dennis Gaitsgory snags a prestigious Breakthrough Prize By Manon Bischoff edited by Jeanna Bryner Dennis Gaitsgory, of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, has won…
The moon’s grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye
Nell Greenfieldboyce The Grand Canyon in Arizona got carved by water over millions of years of slow but steady erosion. Two similarly-sized canyons on the moon got carved by flying rocks in about ten minutes. That’s because these two canyons formed in the wake of an asteroid or comet smashing into the moon, a crash…
American underdog Keys stuns Sabalenka in Grand Slam final
This video can not be played Underdog Keys beats Sabalenka to win Australian Open American underdog Madison Keys finally got her hands on a Grand Slam trophy after holding off defending champion Aryna Sabalenka to win the Australian Open women’s title. Keys, playing her second major final and first for more than seven years, overcame…