Culture clash: is mathematics becoming too much like physics?

Article Abstract:

Some mathematicians are worried that physics-inspired work in mathematics will lead to the elimination of the use of mathematical proofs in favor of a more speculative type of mathematics. Others believe that the use physics, including superstring theory, is important in mathematics.

Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mathematics, Mathematical physics

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Sex, flies and videotape

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Sexual behavior in fruit flies were found to be controlled by a single mutant gene called dissatisfaction. The gene causes neural defects in both sexes of fruit flies resulting in behavioral changes not conducive to copulation.

Sexual behavior, Genetic aspects, Sexual behavior in animals, Animal sexual behavior, Fruit-flies, Animal sexual behaviour

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The lonely Odysseus of particle physics

Article Abstract:

Nobel laureate and particle physicist Murray Gell-Mann has a wide variety of interests. Gell-Mann is considered 'Odyssean' because he is detached and analytical, as well as involved and intuitive.

Interview, Physicists

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