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"Upcoming Python Features Brought to You by Python Enhancement Proposals"

Some handy enhancements to Python, but are we losing the pseudocode way?    Continue reading ›
Feb 16, 2022 2 min read Link post, Python, Open source

"NERCCS 2022: Fifth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems"

Check out an exciting complex systems conference.    Continue reading ›
Jan 19, 2022 1 min read Link post, Science, Communication

"Why Is It So Hard to Be Rational?"

Can painful meta-thinking save us from a co-opted ‘rationality’ culture?    Continue reading ›
Jan 3, 2022 1 min read Link post, Thinking, Decisions

"This digital-hygiene routine will protect your scholarship"

Good advice for a bummer of a problem.    Continue reading ›
Dec 30, 2021 1 min read Link post, Writing

"Redo of a Famous Experiment on the Origins of Life Reveals Critical Detail Missed for Decades"

Nuance builds on the famous Miller-Urey experiment.    Continue reading ›
Dec 29, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Science history

"E.O. Wilson, naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92"

Passing of a scientific titan.    Continue reading ›
Dec 27, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science

"Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped"

Science doesn’t work well under time pressure.    Continue reading ›
Aug 18, 2021 2 min read Link post, COVID-19, Machine learning and AI

"640 Pages in 15 Months"

Nothing says ‘Rube Goldberg’ like XML, JavaScript, Dart, InDesign and Photoshop.    Continue reading ›
Aug 17, 2021 2 min read Link post, Writing, LaTeX

"New “Glowworm attack” recovers audio from devices’ power LEDs"

Extracting audio from the microfluctuations of a device’s power LED.    Continue reading ›
Aug 11, 2021 1 min read Link post, Technology, Security and Privacy
"New “Glowworm attack” recovers audio from devices’ power LEDs"

"‘Tortured phrases’ give away fabricated research papers"

When you give the AI a thesaurus, watch out.    Continue reading ›
Aug 6, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Writing

"Old-school computing: when your lab PC is ancient"

Hardware always comes with costs - money or time.    Continue reading ›
Jun 2, 2021 2 min read Link post, Science, Open source

"Google Promised Its Contact Tracing App Was Completely Private—But It Wasn't"

Move fast and break privacy, I guess    Continue reading ›
May 19, 2021 1 min read Link post, COVID-19, Coding

"Reactive, reproducible, collaborative: computational notebooks evolve"

Some interesting developments in the continuum between writing and computing    Continue reading ›
May 18, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Python, Coding

"PowerPC? Rad!"

You’re gettin' an iMac G3, dude. In space!    Continue reading ›
Apr 2, 2021 2 min read Link post, Science, Space

"Mistakes I’ve Made as an Engineering Manager"

Mistakes to learn by when managing and collaborating.    Continue reading ›
Mar 11, 2021 2 min read Link post, Communication, Collaboration

"Pandemic Has Created a Generation of Schoolchildren More Interested in STEM Careers Than Ever, Poll Says"

Improved interest in STEM could be a silver lining of COVID-19.    Continue reading ›
Mar 9, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Jobs

"Hearing about the Big Bang for the First Time"

When the thrill is gone, teach.    Continue reading ›
Mar 8, 2021 2 min read Link post, Science, Teaching

"Robo-writers: the rise and risks of language-generating AI"

The hilarious, and terrifying, lack of commonsense in AI writing.    Continue reading ›
Mar 4, 2021 1 min read Link post, Machine learning and AI, Writing

"A College Admissions Rat Race"

Is the pandemic accelerating existing trends in higher ed?    Continue reading ›
Feb 26, 2021 2 min read Link post, COVID-19, Academia

"The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic"

It’s almost as if toy models, simulations and observational data are not sufficient to inform policy decisions.    Continue reading ›
Feb 25, 2021 1 min read Link post, COVID-19