by Thomas Lee Abshier | Nov 12, 2026 | Physics
The Forbidden Light of H3+: JWST Confirms a 40-Year-Old Prediction By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND · Nov 12, 2026 In 1986, two physicists at the University of Chicago, Fu-Shih Pan and Takeshi Oka, calculated that one of the simplest molecules in the universe should give off...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Nov 12, 2026 | Physics
Why X Marks the Unknown Thomas Lee Abshier, ND | 12 November 2026 A Small Letter with a Large Story I recently came across a short piece asking why René Descartes chose the letter x for the unknown, and how that choice changed mathematics. It makes two claims worth...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Nov 2, 2026 | Physics
Hydrogen Cars in 2026: Where the Dream Stands Nov 2, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND The hydrogen passenger car has lost the race to the battery car, and I do not expect it to come back. Hydrogen itself has not lost. Its future is in heavy machines, long-haul and...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Nov 2, 2026 | Physics
Interpreters of the Oracle: Scott Aaronson on Mathematics After the Machine Proofs Nov 2, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND The taunt In early October, a nine-year-old boy in Austin told his mother that a robot had solved the problem she had worked on for her whole...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 31, 2026 | Physics
The Proof and the Why: Mathematics After the Machine Proofs Oct 31, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND A season of machine proofs In about five weeks, machines produced proofs of problems that mathematicians expected to take whole careers. In early September 2026,...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Could UFOs Be Real? The Physics and the Evidence Oct 26, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Where I stand On October 23, 2026, the Department of War released its seventh tranche of UFO files. It included a sworn statement from the Roswell base’s 1947 public...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 29, 2026 | Politics, Uncategorized
The Neuron as a Micro-Computer Oct 29, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND The neuron is not a switch A single brain cell can store an abstract rule in one part of its body, receive raw sensory data in another, and weigh the two before firing. That is the central claim of...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 25, 2026 | Physics
Small Modular Reactors for Data Centers: Where Things Actually Stand Oct 25, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Small modular reactors crossed an important line in the summer of 2026: they moved from paper to physics. Four privately built American reactors went critical...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 24, 2026 | Physics
Molten Salt Thorium Reactors: A Technical Assessment And whether they can power waterless data centers in remote places Dr. Thomas Lee Abshier, ND — 23 October 2026 1. Why this analysis Thorium molten salt reactors have become a popular answer to two problems at once:...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 23, 2026 | Physics
Fusion Gold: The Physics Behind the Mercury-to-Gold Claim Oct 23, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND On 21 October 2026, Marathon Fusion, a San Francisco fusion-fuel startup, announced that in September it had turned mercury into real, stable gold at ten times the rate...
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