MEDICAL RESEARCH UNDER ATTACK PART 1
WITH ADDLED GUIDANCE FROM THE LIKES OF RFK JR. AND TRUMP, it’s no surprise that medical research is under attack. How many measles deaths must we experience? What about our … Continue reading
THE PLANTS’ REVENGE PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN DISCUSSING THE VENUS FLYTRAP’S REVENGE on the animal world, as described by Science’s Jacques Dumais’ description of how this plant accomplishes its capture. Today in Part 2, … Continue reading
THE PLANTS’ REVENGE PART 1
JACQUES DUMAIS OBSERVES, “PLANTS AND ANIMALS INTERACT in countless ways, but in most cases the plant appears to be a passive participant in the interaction….” Here, though Dionaea muscipula, the … Continue reading
MATHEMATICS, A.I., AND THE LEIDEN DECLARATION PART 1
MATHEMATICIANS RECENTLY ZOOMED with Siobhan Roberts who writes “As A.I. Makes Strides in Mathematics, Mathematicians Urge Caution,” The New York Times, June 2, 2026. She sets the stage by recounting, … Continue reading
HI, CLAUDE; HELLO, MYTHOS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING TIDBITS from Professor Paul Taylor’s LRB Diary “Ask Claude.” Today in Part 2, he continues with our introduction to Mythos and Anthropic’s novel idea of A.I. … Continue reading