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Joe Rosenthal has a Street in San Francisco named for him

Joe Rosenthal, was working for The Associated Press in 1945 

when he took the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo in Iwo Jima, Japan.

 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World War II — the U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima — will have a block in downtown San Francisco named for him Thursday.  Joe Rosenthal, who died in 2006 at age 94, was working for The Associated Press in 1945 when he took the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.  After the war, he went to work as a staff photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle, and for 35 years until his retirement in 1981, he captured moments of city life both extraordinary and routine.  Rosenthal photographed famous people for the paper, including a young Willie Mays getting his hat fitted as a San Francisco Giant in 1957, and regular people, including children making a joyous dash for freedom on the last day of school in 1965.

“From kindergarten to parades, to professional and amateur sports games, he was the hometown photographer,” he told the Chronicle. “I think that’s something that San Francisco should recognize and cherish.”

The 600 block of Sutter Street near downtown’s Union Square will become Joe Rosenthal Way. The Marines Memorial Club, which sits on the block, welcomes the street’s new name.  Rosenthal never considered himself a wartime hero, just a working photographer lucky enough to document the courage of soldiers.  When complimented on his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo, Rosenthal said: “Sure, I took the photo. But the Marines took Iwo Jima.”

Updated 11:30 AM CST, December 12, 2024 

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James Webb Space Telescope data suggests we need a 'new cosmic feature' to explain it all

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have corroborated data from its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope, to determine something is missing from our recipe of the cosmos.  The JWST conducted its largest survey yet of the accelerating expansion of the cosmos as scientists attempt to discover why the universe is expanding faster today than our picture of its infancy, billions of years ago, says that it should. Currently, scientists theorize that the accelerating expansion is caused by a placeholder element, "dark energy," but they really need to know what dark energy actually is before a conclusive explanation can be found.  

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D’Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri)

 JWST's survey served to cross-check observations made by Hubble that suggested a discrepancy in measurements of the rate of cosmic expansion, known as the Hubble constant. This issue has been termed "Hubble tension," and these new findings show that errors in data from the long-serving space telescope of the same name are not responsible for it.  As the Hubble tension can't be accounted for by either our best models of the universe or errors in Hubble measurements, an extra ingredient still seems to be needed in our cosmic recipe.  

"The discrepancy between the observed expansion rate of the universe and the predictions of the standard model suggests that our understanding of the universe may be incomplete," team leader Adam Reiss, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, said in a statement. "With two NASA flagship telescopes now confirming each other’s findings, we must take this [Hubble tension] problem very seriously — it's a challenge but also an incredible opportunity to learn more about our universe."  In 2011, Reiss won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of dark energy, a mysterious force that drives the acceleration of the expansion of the universe. This new research builds upon that Nobel Prize-winning work.  

What is the Hubble tension? Because the expansion of the universe works on very large scales, Hubble tension isn't something that affects us in our everyday life or even on scales of the solar system or even the Milky Way.  

 This discrepancy becomes really problematic when considering the distances between galaxies and the larger structure of the universe. That means cosmologists can't really understand the evolution of the universe until they know what the cause of the Hubble tension.  The Hubble tension arises from the fact that there are two ways to calculate the Hubble constant.  Scientists can use things like distances to Type Ia supernovas or variable stars, which they call "standard candles," to measure the distances from Earth to the galaxies that host them and then determine how rapidly these galaxies are moving away.  They can also use our models of cosmic evolution to "wind forward" the universe and calculate what the Hubble constant should be today.  However, when measurements of the Hubble constant are taken in the local universe, they are higher than the value predicted by working forward using the best model we have for cosmic evolution, the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model, also known as the Standard Model of Cosmology.  

A diagram showing the evolution of the universe according to the prevailing cold dark matter model.

 Observations of El Gordo could throw this model into doubt A diagram showing the evolution of the universe according to the prevailing cold dark matter model. Observations of El Gordo could throw this model into doubt The LCDM-based method gives a value for the Hubble constant of about 152,000 miles per hour per megaparsec (68 kilometers per second per megaparsec, or Mpc), while measurements based on telescope observations regularly give a higher value of between 157,000 mph per Mpc to 170,000 mph per Mpc (70 to 76 km/s/Mpc).   An Mpc is equivalent to 3.26 light-years or 5.8 trillion miles (9.4 trillion kilometers), so this is a huge discrepancy, one which scientists feared was too large to be explained by uncertainties in observations.  Looks like they were right!  Hubble was right! To confirm the findings of Hubble, Reiss, and colleagues turned to the largest sample of data collected by the JWST during its first two years of operations, which came from two different projects.  To measure the Hubble constant, they used three independent methods to determine the distance to other galaxies. First, they used so-called "Cepheid variables," pulsating stars considered the gold standard for measuring cosmic distances. The team then cross-checked this with measurements based on carbon-rich stars and the brightest red giants across the same galaxies.   The team particularly honed in on galactic distances measured by Hubble. 

 The team's research with the JWST covered about a third of the full sample of galaxies as seen by Hubble using the galaxy Messier 106 (M106), also known as NGC 4258 and located around 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venaticias, a reference point.  A dusty-looking section of space with orange and red streaks concentrated around a glowing greenish center. This not only helped them produce the most precise local measurements of the Hubble constant to date, but it also independently verified that Hubble's distance measurements were accurate.  The galaxies observed by the JWST yielded a Hubble constant of around 162,400 mph per Mpc (72.6 km/s/Mpc), nearly identical to the value of 162849 mph per Mpc (72.8 km/s/Mpc) found by Hubble for the same galaxies.  This eliminates the possibility that the Hubble tension is just an artifact arising from significant bias in the long-serving space telescope's measurements.  "The JWST data is like looking at the universe in high definition for the first time and really improves the signal-to-noise of the measurements,’’ team member and Johns Hopkins University graduate student Siyang Li said.

Robert Lea Wrote Mon, December 9, 2024 at 8:00 AM CST

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Google says its new quantum chip indicates that multiple universes exist

Google on Monday announced Willow, its latest, greatest quantum computing chip. The speed and reliability performance claims Google's made about this chip were newsworthy in themselves, but what really caught the tech industry's attention was an even wilder claim tucked into the blog post about the chip.  Google Quantum AI founder Hartmut Neven wrote in his blog post that this chip was so mind-boggling fast that it must have borrowed computational power from other universes.  Ergo the chip's performance indicates that parallel universes exist and "we live in a multiverse."

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Willow’s performance on this benchmark is astonishing: It performed a computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 1025 or 10 septillion years. If you want to write it out, it’s 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years. This mind-boggling number exceeds known timescales in physics and vastly exceeds the age of the universe. It lends credence to the notion that quantum computation occurs in many parallel universes, in line with the idea that we live in a multiverse, a prediction first made by David Deutsch.

This drop-the-mic moment on the nature of reality was met with skepticism by some, but, surprisingly, others on the internet who profess to understand these things argued that Nevan's conclusions were more than plausible. The multiverse, while stuff of science fiction, is also an area of serious study by the founders of quantum physics.  The skeptics, however, point out that the performance claims are based on the benchmark that Google itself created some years ago to measure quantum performance. That alone doesn't prove that parallel versions of you aren't running around in other universes — just where the underlying measuring stick came from.

Unlike classic digital computers that calculate based on whether a bit is a 0 or 1 (on or off), quantum computers rely on incredibly tiny qubits. These can be on/off or both (somewhere in between) and they can also tap into quantum entanglement — a mysterious connection at the tiniest levels of the universe between two or more particles where their states are linked, no matter the distance that separates them.  Quantum computers use such quantum mechanics to calculate highly complex problems that cannot currently be addressed with classic computers.  The problem is that the more qubits used in the computer, the more prone to errors they are. So it's not clear yet if quantum computers will ever be reliable enough and powerful enough to live up to their hype. Google's mission with Willow was to reduce those errors, and Neven says it accomplishes that.

Julie Bort Wrote Tue, December 10, 2024 at 1:20 PM CST 

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Google's Willow quantum chip will change the world

Quick Summary  Google has announced Willow, its latest quantum chip, and has demonstrated computing abilities that vastly outstrip current hardware.  The company continues to research quantum computing, looking to scale the technology to achieve goals currently impossible with regular computers.  Google has unveiled Willow, its latest quantum chip as it showcases progress towards a building a quantum computer. This aims to bring almost unimaginable amounts of power to computing.  To highlight just how powerful Willow is, Google said that it solved a benchmarking test in just 5 minutes – a test that, in comparison, would take today’s best supercomputers 10 septillion years to complete. That's a number that "vastly exceeds the age of the Universe”, it candidly added.

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Google said that it was surprised at just how much of a leap ahead Willow achieved compared to the best of current computing. It added that quantum processors “are peeling away at a double exponential rate”. If you think that today’s computers are powerful, they barely even scratch the surface at what could be possible with a quantum computer.  Google isn’t just showing off with its new hardware, which was fabricated at a state-of-the-art facility in Santa Barbara, California, there’s serious science happening here too. The Google team published a paper in Nature, reporting on error correction, addressing a long-standing issue in quantum computing.  Google reports that as more “qubits” are added, the error suppression is greater, which helps pave the way towards a scalable quantum computer that can harness this power to do something useful.  Quantum chips rely on qubits, which is the unit of information in this next-gen hardware. But, unlike the binary bits used in current computers, qubits can exist in a state of 0 or 1 or both at the same time.

At the moment quantum computers are a puzzle for researchers, they are hard to understand and control, but the research is leading to tangible results that might one day result in something extremely powerful and if great use to humanity. Yes, it sounds silly, but proving a real-world application that’s better than current computers is one of the challenges.

Google says that while Willow has completed its benchmark and made new discoveries, some of these things are still within the possibilities of current computers. The aim of quantum computing is to get access to things that currently cannot be achieved.  We’ve already seen the advantages that more power can bring to things like AI and it makes sense to think about quantum computing in the same frame of reference. 

When you can feed massive amounts of information into your computer and get tangible results from it – be that developing new drugs, designing new battery technologies or understanding fusion reactors – then quantum computing will have something useful to do.  Of course, for all the good a quantum computer could achieve, there’s also the bad – designing new viruses and weapons, cracking encryption codes, unparalleled state surveillance, not to mention the potential for AI power that’s off the current scale.  For better or for worse, that could change the world as we know it.

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The 5th Anniversary of Jourdan Zebraa's Single Machine Animals

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Golden Globes Nominees 2025

The 2025 Golden Globes will take place on January 5 and air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked Giles Keyte//Universal Pictures

A full list of nominees follows below.

TELEVISION

Best performance by a male actor in a television series – musical or comedy

Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”

Ted Danson, “A Man on the Inside”

Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”

Jason Segel, “Shrinking”

Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”

Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Best performance by a female actor in a television series – musical or comedy

Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”

Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”

Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”

Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”

Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”

Jean Smart, “Hacks”

Best performance by a male actor in a television series – drama

Donald Glover, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”

Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”

Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”

Eddie Redmayne, “The Day of the Jackal”

Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”

Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman”

Best performance by a female actor in a television series – drama

Kathy Bates, “Matlock”

Emma D’Arcy, “House of the Dragon”

Maya Erskine, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”

Keira Knightley, “Black Doves”

Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”

Anna Sawai, “Shōgun”

Best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television

Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”

Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”

Kevin Kline, “Disclaimer”

Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”

Ewan McGregor, “A Gentleman in Moscow”

Andrew Scott, “Ripley”

Best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television

Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”

Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”

Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”

Sofía Vergara, “Griselda”

Naomi Watts, “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”

Kate Winslet, “The Regime”

Best television series – drama

“The Day of the Jackal”

“The Diplomat”

“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”

“Shōgun”

“Slow Horses”

“Squid Game”

Best television series – musical or comedy

“Abbott Elementary”

“The Bear”

“The Gentlemen”

“Hacks”

“Nobody Wants This”

“Only Murders in the Building”

Best television limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television

“Baby Reindeer”

“Disclaimer”

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”

The Penguin”

“Ripley”

“True Detective: Night Country”

Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television

Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”

Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”

Dakota Fanning, “Ripley”

Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”

Allison Janney, “The Diplomat”

Kali Reis, “True Detective: Night Country”

Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television

Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun“

Javier Bardem, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”

Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”

Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses”

Diego Luna, “La Maquina”

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”

Best performance in stand-up comedy on television

Jamie Foxx, “What Had Happened Was”

Nikki Glaser, “Someday You’ll Die”

Seth Meyers, “Dad Man Walking”

Adam Sandler, “Love You”

Ali Wong, “Single Lady”

Ramy Youssef, “More Feelings”

FILM

Best motion picture – musical or comedy

“Anora”

“Challengers”

“Emilia Pérez”

“A Real Pain”

“The Substance”

“Wicked”

Best motion picture – drama

“The Brutalist”

“A Complete Unknown”

“Conclave”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Nickel Boys”

“September 5”

Best motion picture – non-english language

“All We Imagine as Light”

“Emilia Pérez”

“The Girl With the Needle”

“I’m Still Here”

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

“Vermiglio”

Best screenplay – motion picture

“Emilia Pérez”

“Anora”

“The Brutalist”

“A Real Pain”

“The Substance”

“Conclave”

Best original song – motion picture

“Beautiful That Way” from “The Last Showgirl,” by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, and Andrew Wyatt

“Compress/Repress” from “Challengers”

“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

“Better Man” from “Forbidden Road” by Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek

“Kiss the Sky” from “The Wild Robot”

“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” by Clément Ducol and Camille

Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Yura Borisov, “Anora”

Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”

Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”

Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”

Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”

Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”

Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro in "Emilia Pérez."

Selena Gomez, “Emilia Pérez”

Ariana Grande, “Wicked”

Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”

Margaret Qualley, “The Substance”

Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”

Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy

Jesse Eisenberg - “A Real Pain”

Hugh Grant - “Heretic”

Gabriel LaBelle - “Saturday Night”

Jesse Plemons - “Kinds of Kindness”

Glen Powell - “Hit Man”

Sebastian Stan - “A Different Man”

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy

Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”

Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”

Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”

Mikey Madison, “Anora”

Demi Moore, “The Substance”

Zendaya, “Challengers”

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – drama

Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave."

Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”

Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”

Daniel Craig, “Queer”

Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”

Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”

Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – drama

Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”

Angelina Jolie, “Maria”

Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”

Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”

Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”

Kate Winslet, “Lee”

Best director – motion picture

Jacques Audiard - “Emilia Pérez”

Sean Baker - “Anora”

Edward Berger - “Conclave”

Brady Corbet - “The Brutalist”

Coralie Fargeat - “The Substance”

Payal Kapadia - “All We Imagine as Light”

Best original score – motion picture cinematic and box office achievement

“Alien: Romulus”

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

“Deadpool & Wolverine”

“Gladiator 2”

“Inside Out 2”

“Twisters”

“Wicked”

“The Wild Robot”

Best motion picture – animated

"The Wild Robot."

“Flow”

“Inside Out 2”

“Memoir of a Snail”

“Moana 2”

“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”

Best Original Score

“Conclave”

“The Brutalist”

“The Wild Robot”

“Emilia Pérez”

“Challengers”

“Dune: Part Two”

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