“For the first time, the team’s lab experiments have also shown that a virus-only diet, which the team calls “virovory,” is enough to fuel the physiological growth and even population growth of an organism.” ~ learn more
“The OBH posits that dreams are an evolved mechanism to avoid a phenomenon called overfitting. Overfitting, a statistical concept, is when a neural network learns overly specifically, and therefore stops being generalizable. It learns too well.” ~ learn more
“Like many of you, I always thought of PDF as basically a benign format, where the author lays out some text and graphics, and then the PDF sits in front of the reader and doesn’t do anything.” That’s not the […]
This is an article from April 2021 about generative art titled: “Punks, Squiggles, and the Future of Generative Media.” Mostly, generative art has been linked to NFTs thus a wild money-grab. But there is a thread there that goes back […]
Ryan Selkis is back with the 6th edition of his tome of crypto. “We cover all of the top investment themes, people to watch, policy developments, and technical breakthroughs that we expect will shape crypto in 2023. Onward.” ~ learn […]
Adam Mastroianni might have discovered a new human bias. Then, he did something very rare in the scientific community: he self-published his research. Then he wrote this post explaining why peer review, “the greatest scientific experiment in history failed”. His […]
I was saddened to read this Consumer Reports article that cuts across most chocolate brands. “For 23 of the bars, eating just an ounce a day would put an adult over a level that public health authorities and CR’s experts […]
Mobile ordering, dedicated drive-thrus, and AI-powered cashiers are becoming commonplace for big chains. ~ learn more
They have these at my local Whole Foods and I’ve always been a bit turned off by them. But maybe that’s a knee-jerk reaction? “Holding my hand a few inches over an Amazon One scanner next to the cash register […]
This was especially interesting to me because growing up I was taught that normal is 36.6℃, which translates to 97.9℉. Harvard Health Publishing makes the case for revising down from 98.6℉ thanks to evidence of “falling average body temperature over […]