{"id":1350,"date":"2018-12-27T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T21:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2018-12-27T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T21:30:49","slug":"best-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/?p=1350","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These were most popular arXivblog stories of 2018:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">1. Machine learning predicts World Cup winner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">2. If you\u2019re so smart, why aren\u2019t you rich? Turns out it\u2019s just chance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">3. The first \u201csocial network\u201d of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other\u2019s heads<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">4. Fukushima\u2019s nuclear signature found in California wine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">5. Using Wi-Fi to \u201csee\u201d behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">6. Evolutionary algorithm outperforms deep-learning machines at video games<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.05em; color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">7. The 8-dimensional space that must be searched for alien life<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.05em; color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.05em; color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">8. First Evidence That Online Dating Is Changing the Nature of Society<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.05em; color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.05em; color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">9. A machine has figured out Rubik\u2019s Cube all by itself<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.05em; color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.05em; color: #636b7d; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"><span style=\"color: #489bd0; font-family: source-sans-pro, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\">10. The tricks propagandists use to beat science<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most popular arXivblog stories of 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-changin-the-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arxivblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}