Science

The story of David Hahn. — And I thought I was a troublemaker. I was constantly in time out or in huge trouble with my mother for breaking things and fighting with my sister. Compared to this kid, I was a lightweight. How the disaster began David Hahn was born outside of Detroit Michigan in 1976. His parents were divorced…

Data Scientists need a decent grasp of statistics — how do you rate? — I see a lot of debates online about how much math a data scientist really needs to know. As an ex-pure mathematician turned data scientist I fall squarely on the side of ‘a lot’. The danger of applying methods when you don’t know the mathematical basis for how they work…

The country of my birth is on the verge of breaking up because its political, social, and economic systems are too broken to carry on. Truth be told, what’s happening to America is terribly predictable — if you’ve been exposed to the right science. Trouble is, so much of what…

It’s time to stop spreading unscientific, unhelpful mind-body dualism. — If you have been in therapy before, or have ever picked up a cognitive behavioral or dialectical behavioral therapy book, you have likely encountered the adage that “thoughts are not feelings.” This observation is often intended to help a therapy client distinguish between their interpretation of a situation (and what…

It can be hard to admit that something you’ve believed for a long time was wrong, but it is essential for your mental health to understand how to admit being wrong. — The wrinkles of tin foil are can only become so small; if you scale tin foil up 10x, it will appear to have micro wrinkles as opposed to a model that was scaled down 10x from the original where they would appear to be large and countable.

Fluoride batteries are coming. — Artificial intelligence is revolutionising almost every industry on Earth. From optimising farms, to inventing new drugs, to even convincing engineers they are alive, AI is rapidly changing every aspect of our lives. In fact, a team from the University of North Carolina is now using AI to develop the ultimate…

A Japanese satellite was accidentally recording the weather on Betelgeuse — The giant star Betelgeuse has long fascinated the inhabitants of our planet. The ancients saw fire and war in its deep red image; its flickering gaze was associated with great predators hunting amongst the heavens. Today the star forms a prominent part of Orion, the Hunter, easily visible on even…

Heart Aerospace’s electric plane is selling like hotcakes. — The world is racing to adopt cutting-edge technology in the hopes we can save the planet from our self-made apocalypse. Cars are going electric, coal and gas power plants are being swapped for solar farms, biodegradable plastics are becoming mainstream, and AI is making every aspect of our lives more…