drought, antiquities, and the unreasonable mathematician

Monday, July 13, 2026

Hesiod placed me after Hope, never before her.

1. A raw LLM beat AlphaProof at math — and no one can fully explain why
2. Why did Polynesians suddenly sail east after 1,700 years of stillness? New evidence points to a centuries-long drought
3. Dozens of U.S. museums still hold works from a convicted antiquities dealer
4. What happens when a genetic test tells you something you weren’t ready to know
5. World’s largest solar+storage plant: 5.2 GW, 19 GWh, Abu Dhabi
6. The man who rents you the Colosseum for a private dinner