Beyond Evaluation: Approximating Meaning in Distant Bang Calculus
A new theory bridges approximation techniques with the subtle semantics of dBang calculus, offering insights into its computational behavior.
A new theory bridges approximation techniques with the subtle semantics of dBang calculus, offering insights into its computational behavior.

The fourth Doctor Who story introduced the original TARDIS team – William Hartnell as the First Doctor, along with Susan, Ian Chesterton, and Barbara Wright – as they encountered the famous Italian explorer Marco Polo in a seven-part adventure that originally aired in 1964.

Wow, can you believe it? It’s only been a few days into 2026, and already we’ve got three murders and someone coming back to life after being gone for six years! As a film buff, I’m thinking this year is going to be seriously wild – it feels like the plot of a movie already!

Actor Matthew Broderick recalled a legendary ping pong player he knew who often played at Reisman’s table tennis parlor on 96th and Broadway in New York City. He described the player—who was supposedly a world champion—as being able to hit a cigarette placed on the table with a ping pong ball and split it in half, as he shared on The Late Show With David Letterman in 2008.

It took seven years for the game, originally released on PlayStation 4 in 2018 and then on PC in 2019, to reach this achievement. Recent significant discounts on Steam during the holidays likely contributed to its success.
Researchers have demonstrated electrically tunable quantum interference in free space by harnessing the unique properties of liquid-crystal metasurfaces to create a programmable beam splitter for structured light.

This story is different from most Agatha Christie novels because it doesn’t include her famous detectives, Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. Instead, the mystery is solved by an amateur investigator named Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent, who is portrayed by Mia McKenna-Bruce.
![The lattice [latex]TT[/latex] operator exhibits a directional dependence in its corrective terms, where the complementary product of variables [latex]X[/latex] and [latex]Y[/latex] across linked structures-specifically, [latex]X[/latex] on a purple link with [latex]Y[/latex] on an orange triangular plaquette, or [latex]Y[/latex] on a purple square and triangular plaquettes multiplied by [latex]X[/latex] on an orange link-introduces an asymmetry in the lower layer’s corrective calculation.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.04318v1/plot/cup_0_2_1_x.png)
Researchers have developed a lattice gauge theory model of U(1) Chern-Simons theory, offering a concrete framework to study topological order and resolve long-standing questions about the framing anomaly.
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It’s usually difficult to say exactly why a meme becomes popular. But with the “Bully Maguire” and “Emo Peter Parker” memes from Spider-Man 3, their recent surge in popularity seems connected to the renewed appreciation for Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man films, especially after his return in Spider-Man: No Way Home.