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Isis Hainsworth playing Thomasina Coverly in Arcadia at the Old Vic in 2026

A return to my favourite piece of theatre last night — Arcadia at the @oldvictheatre.bsky.social

An uplifting play gently exposing deep questions about knowledge and truth, time and progress. Science was in good hands with the infinitely curious Tom Stoppard.

Isis Hainsworth stole the show

‘Mind blowing’: quantum computer untangles the mathematics of knots Algorithms for studying knots and other topological objects could have a quantum advantage.

Are topology and quantum physics a match made in heaven?
This latest @quantinuum.bsky.social result is the most complete implementation yet of a quantum algorithm for studying knots. But there is much more to this ... my latest story @nature.com — and monster 🧵 ahead
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

London Science Museum with kids. Dad Challenge* accepted!

* a.k.a The Overhang Challenge

Deep into Dance to the Tune of Life by Denis Noble (thanks for the Xmas gift, Dad!). Loving how biological relativity aligns with complexity theory. Check out @seanmcarroll.bsky.social’s recent solo episode on Emergence as a perfect primer:
DTTTOL: bit.ly/3BRPTte
Emergence: bit.ly/41PPlP3

Another record has been set for the most entangled logical qubits Just a few months after the previous record was set, a start-up called Quantinuum has announced that it has entangled the largest number of logical qubits – this will be key to quantum computers that ...

Another record has been set for the most entangled logical qubits

Just a few months after the previous record was set, a start-up called Quantinuum has announced that it has entangled the largest number of logical qubits

www.newscientist.com/article/2459...

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Steve Jobs’ memo of gratitude and humanity to himself the year before he died

I’m experiencing a renaissance in admiration for Steve Jobs. It’s time this is cool again.

Memo to self, of gratitude and humanity - a year before he died:

Unitary Fund’s annual survey of the #quantumcomluting community reveals a remarkable sense of the industry gearing up for application development

unitary.fund/posts/2024_s...

Advancements in Logical Quantum Computation: Demonstrations and Results Presented at Q2B Silicon Valley

Yesterday was a Big Day in quantum computing. Kudos to Google for massive progress on their quantum journey. Also to the intrepid work of team mates at @quantinuum.bsky.social, sharing another record breaking moment at the enduring #Q2B in Silicon Valley www.quantinuum.com/blog/q2b-202...

Just made my first Bluesky inspired hardcore nerd purchase

Scientists Entangle Four Logical Qubits, Easing Error Correction While Enhancing Accuracy and Accessibility Quantinuum and University of Colorado researchers entangled four logical qubits with better fidelity than their physical counterparts.

…meanwhile the epic journey to slay the beast of errors in quantum computing has taken giant leaps in 2024. Google: www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-comp...

Quantinuum: thequantuminsider.com/2024/07/03/s...

And with Microsoft: scottaaronson.blog?p=7916

Nothing says desperation like dismally targeted algorithmic flattery, LinkedIn. I am loving, loving, loving how quiet and calm Bluesky has been so far #gofsm #goBsky

YouTube video by BBC Newsnight ‘Godfather of AI’ on AI “exceeding human intelligence” and it “trying to take over”

Here’s a gentle interview between @geoffreyhinton.bsky.social and @faisalislam.bsky.social

Ends with the honest reflection that AI will probably make quite good journalists .. and quite good interviewers too (Faisal chuckles nervously)

youtu.be/MGJpR591oaM?...

Wonderful episode here with @doynefarmer.bsky.social speaking to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social

Top nugget:
Biology: Darwin’s insight was that competition led to speciation
Economics: Milton Friedman found that competition drives to equilibrium

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...

I found myself cheering along at the Institute of Physics communication group meeting this week when Trent (co-founder of @cosmicshambles.com) shared his nine lessons for communicating science. Lesson one: do not do “scicomms”!

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