Sean L.Say Goodbye to Test StripsWhen you have a UTI or an STD, you get a blood test and you wait for results. Behind the scenes, there are technicians handling your…Jun 4, 2023Jun 4, 2023
Sean L.Half Pig/Half Man57 year-old David Bennett is about to be taken off a lung-assist device after becoming the first human to survive an animal heart…Jan 11, 2022Jan 11, 2022
Sean L.Neural Dust; A Tale of Two SchoolsA 2021 paper published in science advances by Columbia University researcher Ken Shepard demonstrates the functionality of “neural dust”…Dec 22, 2021Dec 22, 2021
Sean L.Dude, where are my coworkers?Okay, another article about labor statistics and job openings. But why are there 10.9M job openings in the United States? That sounds like…Sep 12, 2021Sep 12, 2021
Sean L.Jeff “Hand me my blood boy” BezosIt’s not what it looks like. Really. This is just a scene from the HBO series Silicon Valley, where the rival CEO has resorted to a “Blood…Sep 8, 2021Sep 8, 2021
Sean L.The Efficient FrontierIf you are interested in building a portfolio, say with an 80/20 stock : ETF ratio, you can find that ratio along with all other possible…Sep 6, 2021Sep 6, 2021
Sean L.The Most Efficient Vehicle in the WorldIn terms of street-legal cars, Porsche offers the 918 Spyder, which has won out on track tests against other contenders for fastest car…Sep 6, 2021Sep 6, 2021
Sean L.Themes of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood”The second but my counterintuitive favorite movie for literary criticism brings to mind cows… Daniel “I drink your milkshake!” Day Lewis in…Sep 4, 2021Sep 4, 2021
Sean L.Themes of the Coen Brothers’ “No Country for Old Men”If you follow me on twitter you know I am not to be taken seriously. I am all jokes to a fault. Unfortunately, I fit the stereotype of a…Sep 4, 2021Sep 4, 2021
Sean L.A note on fluid dynamics…Let’s say we want to understand the diffusion of a concentrated mixture at steady state. Why? Well there’s only so much physics going on…Sep 4, 2021Sep 4, 2021