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
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
A “SIMPLE” SEAL FOR A FORMULA ONE LSD
THANKS TO SAE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING, June 2026, we get a glimpse into what might be considered a “simple” seal for hydraulic actuation of the McLaren Formula One car’s limited-slip … Continue reading
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