Aug. 20, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog: Slow AI - A Quiet Revolution

Can we thoughtfully shape AI so that it better serves humanity's best interests?  Read more...
July 30, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog: A Random Walk on the Wild Side

Will a random walk help you find your way back home?  Read more...
July 23, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog: A Cat Video Sent from Deep Space Paves the Way for a Space Internet

For millennia, our communication was tethered to the physical world. You could either talk to someone directly or rely on a messenger on foot, horse, or a sailing ship to send a letter. The invention of the telegraph and radio changed all that. Suddenly, we could communicate to someone on the other side of the world. We wrapped the globe in signals that travel at the speed of light and today, our communications can reach almost any corner of the planet in a variety of different ways.  Read more...
June 25, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog: What Have the Ancient Babylonians Ever Done for Us?

How ancient Babylonians laid the foundations for abstract mathematical reasoning.  Read more...
June 18, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog: The Biggest Mathematical Proof Ever

We look at a breakthrough 2017 proof and the mathematics leading up to it.  Read more...
June 11, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog Post: Artists Are Using Poisoned Pixel Cloaks to Protect Their Art From AI

AI is igniting a quiet revolt in the art community.  Read more...
May 7, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog: An Introduction to Representation Theory

Learn more about the mathematics underlying the work of the latest Abel Prize recipient.  Read more...
April 7, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog: The Surprising History, Math, and Future of the Humble Barcode

Behind these simple stripes we take for granted lies a rich story of invention.  Read more...
March 12, 2025 | HLFF Blog

HLFF Blog: The π-ful Tower

For Pi-Day, learn about various mathematicians’ work involving π.  Read more...
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