EINSTEIN’S ANNUS MIRACULOSUS PART 2
RAY MONK’S “EINSTEIN’S MIRACLE YEAR” encouraged our celebrating relativity theory and its fascinating implications in reviewing three recent books: Free Creations of the Human Mind: The Worlds of Albert Einstein; The … Continue reading
EINSTEIN’S ANNUS MIRACULOSUS PART 1
“NEW THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE, NEWTONIAN IDEAS OVERTHROWN” ANNOUNCED THE TIMES of London, November 7, 1919. Yet it could have been even more astonishing: “GRAVITY BENDS LIGHT!” This thought came … Continue reading
HURRAH FOR PROFESSOR GIBSON—AND THE HIDDEN MADAGASCAR!
HA! IT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXPECTED ESSAY TOPIC ON THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: “Make at least one clear comparison between factory/industry work then and work or technology today.” But Alcorn State … Continue reading
LEAPIN’ AERIAL AQUABOTS! PART 2
YESTERDAY WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CHALLENGE of studying aerial-aquatic birds and, thus, the idea of devising a robotic equivalent. Today in Part 2 we continue with “Leaping Out Of The Water: … Continue reading
LEAPIN’ AERIAL AQUABOTS! PART 1
“DIVING BIRDS,” SCIENCE’S MARC S. LAVINE SUMMARIZES, “transition between flying through the air and navigating through water by flapping, but the mechanisms by which different species try to do this … Continue reading
AVOIDING GIGO MEDICAL RESEARCH
A COUPLE DAYS AGO, “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LOOPHOLES,” SimanaitisSays, July 12, 2026, offered tidbits gleaned from Celina Zhoa’s AAAS Science article, “A.I. Models Have a Troubling Knack For Discovering Legal … Continue reading
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LOOPHOLES
SOMETIMES, IT SEEMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES ARE ALL TOO HUMAN. For example, Celina Zhao describes, “A.I. Models Have a Troubling Knack for Discovering Legal Loopholes,” AAAS Science, June 15, 2026. Here … Continue reading
DR. ZEYNEP TUFEKCI CLARIFIES A.I.
AS CONFIRMED BY HER APPEARANCES AT THIS WEBSITE (see “Plato, The Internet, Education, and A.I.,” December 17, 2022; “Grok Goes Bonkers,” May 23, 2025; and “Deepfake—And Our Resulting Loss of … Continue reading
MEDICAL RESEARCH UNDER ATTACK PART 2
IN PART 1, RNA SPECIALIST DR. JEFF COLLER WARNED OF FEDERAL CUTBACKS in medical research in his Guest Essay in The New York Times. Today in Part 2, he cites … Continue reading
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
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