What’s happening in New Mexico February 13-19? Rail Yards Valentine Market and more

Check out community events around New Mexico from February 13 to 19. Albuquerque February 13-14 New Mexico Burlesque Festival – Visit the KiMo Theatre for the 6th annual ...
Frontiersman

Palmer considers 1% temporary sales tax hike to help pay for new library

Palmer’s council voted Feb. 10 to delay a decision on a temporary 1% hike in the city’s 3% sales tax to help pay for the ...
yankton.net

200 love letters found in a Nashville home tell the story of a couple's courtship during WWII

A trove of more than 200 letters from World War II that were found in a Tennessee home offers an intimate picture of love during wartime. Ray Whittaker attended school ...
InfoQ

Pandas 3.0 Introduces Default String Dtype and Copy-on-Write Semantics

The pandas team has released pandas 3.0.0, a major update that changes core behaviors around string handling, memory ...

Initiative launches to bring orchestral music to Ankeny kids

Ankeny moms created a youth orchestra for young people who want to play stringed instruments since the school district doesn't offer a program.
Scientific American

Does String Theory Explain the Wiring of the Brain?

Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain? If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our ...
Jambands

Billy Strings Goes Electric with Widespread Panic During Night One of Three in Atlanta

On December 29, Widespread Panic commenced the first of three concerts at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta. As part of their build to the New Year, the ensemble kept an ace up their collective sleeve, ...
Quanta Magazine

String Theory Inspires a Brilliant, Baffling New Math Proof

In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve a major problem in algebraic geometry — using entirely alien techniques. It instantly captivated the field, stoking excitement in ...
Taste of Country

Billy Strings Was Blindsided When He Learned His Mom’s Cause of Death

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...
Phys.org

String theory: Scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called "Is the end in sight for theoretical physics?" Forty-five years later, ...
Wall Street Journal

‘11,000 Strings’ Review: Georg Friedrich Haas’s Meditation

As I made my way out of the Park Avenue Armory after a performance of Georg Friedrich Haas’s “11,000 Strings” Saturday afternoon, a friend asked what I’d thought of what we’d just heard. For the ...
The New York Times

50 Pianos Rumble With the Sound of ‘11,000 Strings’

Performances in N.Y.C. Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous scale and complexity. The effect is awe-inspiring. Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous ...