Best Tech Stories around the web #374

INNOVATION

World First: New AI system discovers supernova without human help by sciencealert.com

For the first time, artificial intelligence (AI) has searched for, detected, confirmed, classified, and announced a supernova discovery without any human intervention. Read more

SCIENCE

Mathematician finally solves 50-Year-Old Möbius strip puzzle by themessanger.com

A math puzzle that has plagued scientists for almost 50 years has finally been solved. At the heart of the mystery was the question of how small a Möbius strip — a one-sided object that can be made by attaching two ends of a rectangular strip together with a half-twist — can get without intersecting itself. Read more

DESIGN

A new augmented reality app shows the Acropolis as ancient Greeks knew it by euronews.com

Ever wondered what the Parthenon in Athens looked like back in its heyday?

Visitors to the Acropolis – armed with a smartphone – can now take a peek into the past, pinching and zooming their way around the ancient Greek site, with a digital overlay showing how it once looked, as far back as the 5th century BC. Read more

Creative Content

Coin flips aren't actually 50-50, scientists find by futurism.com

All bets are off, because it turns out that flipping a coin isn't actually a fair fifty-fifty chance. Read more