Ian
High performance computing researcher. Interested in Astrophysics, Neuroscience, Economics, Math, history. Atheist. Learning French and Portuguese.
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Genetic Algorithm Introduction & their application in data science
Genetic algorithm is an optimization technique, which tries to find out such values of input so that we get the best output values or results.
‘Lucy’s baby’ suggests famed human ancestor had a primitive brain
New study also reveals ancient human ancestors enjoyed a long childhood
Trial drug may block early stages of COVID-19, human cell study shows
hrsACE2, a genetically modified protein already being tested to prevent lung disease, reduces the viral growth of SARS-CoV-2 by a factor of 1,000 to 5,000 in human cell cultures. Researchers believe the enzyme copy lures the virus to attach itself...
Readying the Pitchforks For the ‘Common Good’
On Adrian Vermule’s Atlantic essay on originalism.
Facial expressions of emotion states and their neuronal correlates in mice
The neuroscientific investigation of emotions is hindered by a lack of rapid and precise readouts of emotion states in model organisms. Dolensek et al. identified facial expressions as innate and sensitive reflections of the internal emotion state...
The Pantry Police
The audacity of buying groceries at a time like this
I Run a Family-Owned Construction Firm. Here’s What COVID-19 Did to My World
When a crisis hits, sometimes just a day or two can feel like a lifetime for a small business owner. That’s how it felt for me when much of the Canadian economy went on lockdown in mid-March. My business is construction. It’s not something you can...
Skull Fossils in Cave Show Mix of Human Relatives Roamed South Africa
The excavation found the oldest known Homo erectus, a direct ancestor of our species, living around the same time as other extinct hominins.
‘10% Less Democracy’—A Review
10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less by Garrett Jones, Stanford University Press (February 2020) 248 pages In ‘Federalist Paper #10‘, James Madison mused on the problem of political factionalism....
Earth's own evolution used as guide to hunt exoplanets
Cornell astronomers have created five models representing key points from our planet's evolution, like chemical snapshots through Earth's ow...
Should Charismatic Leaders Come with a Warning Label?
The reality we must face about charismatic leaders.
Einstein’s letters illuminate a mind grappling with quantum mechanics
The latest volume of Einstein’s papers covers the infancy of quantum mechanics and new challenges to the theory of relativity.
The Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to the South
More young people in the South seem to be dying from COVID-19. Why?
VIDEO: Freed from a bile farm – is this the happiest bear ever?
Watch Tuffy jump for joy in his first days outside – after being rescued from a bear bile farm where he’d spent years of torture in a tiny cage.
Worldwide Study Unlocks Genetic Secrets of Gray Matter — News Room - UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine
A major international collaboration co-led by UNC School of Medicine scientist Jason Stein, PhD, has produced the first genetic map of the cerebral cortex, identifying more than 300 genetic variants that influence cortical structure and play roles...
Single mutation leads to big effects in autism-related gene
New findings about NLGN4 genes reveals why males are more susceptible to developing autism than females.
Remembering Philip Anderson, meeting an extragalactic astronomer who advises the government
In this episode we also chat about physicists who have done silly things
Fox’s Fake News Contagion
The network spent too long spraying its viewers with false information about the coronavirus pandemic.