The Mummers got a chance to strut their stuff again in Philly. The string bands competed Saturday in the 2026 String Band Spectacular at Lincoln Financial Field. This, after windy weather postponed ...

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Promise and controversy continues to surround string theory as a potential unified theory of everything. In the latest episode of The Joy of Why, Cumrun Vafa discusses his progress in trying to find ...

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Note July 6th 2025: this post’s original title was “A list is a monad”. It has been changed to “List is a monad”. Note Sept 13 2025: this post has been revised based on the feedback from the Hacker ...