Anthony Fauci Catches His First Case of Covid-19
Scienceby Ed Cara15 Jun 2022
Anthony Fauci, perhaps the most well-known public health figure in America, has contacted covid-19.
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top 12%NASA Will Investigate UFOs, Er, 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena'
Scienceby Isaac Schultz9 Jun 2022
NASA will commission a team of scientists to begin investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) this fall, the agency announced today.
How to Watch the Government's UFO Hearing
Scienceby Passant Rabie17 May 2022
Congress is holding its first public hearingon unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) in decades in light of a number of videos captured by U.S. Navy pilots that show odd-looking flying vehicles.
Raspberry Pi Birdhouse Camera
The Atomic Birdhouse7 May 2022
My current non-app related project has taken me out into the back yard, but brought along my coding and technical experience.
Misidentifying talent
Dan Luu21 Feb 2022
[Click to collapse / expand section on sports] Here are some notes from talent scouts: - Recruit A: - ... will be a real specimen with chance to have a Dave Parker body.
CHOCOLATE-HAZELNUT TOFFEE — Sprouted Kitchen
Sprouted Kitchenby Sara Forte26 Oct 2021
It has been a busy cookbook season! I spent last night reading through the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen Cookbook and am revisiting everything I have bookmarked in Aran’s Cannelle et Vanille Bakes Simple...
How to Sell UX Research with Two Simple Questions
A List Apartby by Sophia V. Prater21 Oct 2021
Do you find yourself designing screens with only a vague idea of how the things on the screen relate to the things elsewhere in the system?
3 Ways to Show Your UX Specialist Knowledge in Your Resume - Usability Geek
Usability Geekby Amanda Dudley7 Oct 2021
If you’ve ever been on an Easter egg hunt, you understand the thrill and disappointment that typically comes with this activity.
A new window to the early universe (and aliens?)
Big Thinkby Marcelo Gleiser15 Sept 2021
The history of science could be written as a history of instrumentation. From particle accelerators and microscopes to fMRIs and telescopes, as instruments become more powerful, they act as reality...
How to understand Einstein's equation for general relativity
Big Thinkby Ethan Siegel15 Sept 2021
- The Einstein field equations appear very simple, but they encode a tremendous amount of complexity.
What really happens when your foot goes to sleep?
Big Thinkby Zachary Gillen14 Sept 2021
Imagine you’ve just sat down to watch your favorite TV show. You decide to snuggle in with your legs crisscrossed because you find it more comfortable that way.
Exoplanets with moons may be likelier to host life
Big Thinkby Scotty Hendricks14 Sept 2021
Though Earth has only one (very special and precious) moon, the average planet in our solar system has 26 moons. (The range is from zero moons for Mercury and Venus to 82 moons for Saturn.)
Clever wild boar brings rescue party to save young from a trap
Big Thinkby Robby Berman13 Sept 2021
There is a danger in attributing human-like motivations to animal behavior. We have no way, after all, of really knowing what is going on in a non-human’s mind.
The secret to how scorpions, spiders, and ants puncture tough skin
Big Thinkby Robert Schofield10 Sept 2021
Many small animals grow their teeth, claws and other “tools” out of materials that are filled with zinc, bromine and manganese, reaching up to 20% of the material’s weight.
MOONLEAPERS | Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors27 Jul 2021
by Margaret Peterson Haddix ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A muddled, bewildering closer. The devastating loss of her mentor, Great-Aunt Hazel, leaves young time traveler Maisie McGraw floundering amid...
Learn How to Light.
Strobistby noreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)30 Jun 2021
SLC-1L-13: Conservancy Critters When lighting with small subjects, a speedlight is generally all you’ll ever need.
Learn How to Light.
Strobistby noreply@blogger.com (David Hobby)29 May 2021
Notes on the Paul Buff Link 800ws Flash Please note: This is not a full review. There have been several thorough examples already published — most notably this one by Mike McGee.
THE DEEP DARK OCEAN | Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviewsby Kirkus Prize Winners; Finalists About the Kirkus Prize Jurors13 Apr 2021
by Helen Scales ; illustrated by Ana Miminoshvili ‧ RELEASE DATE: today A tantalizing invitation to learn more about the least explored parts of our planet.
Weight Banding
Distillby Michael Petrov; Chelsea Voss; Ludwig Schubert; Nick Cammarata; Gabriel Goh; Chris Olah8 Apr 2021
Open up any ImageNet conv net and look at the weights in the last layer. You’ll find a uniform spatial pattern to them, dramatically unlike anything we see elsewhere in the network.
Science and Engineering for Learning Robots
Eric Jangby noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)14 Mar 2021
This is the text version of a talk I gave on March 12, 2021, at the Brown University Robotics Symposium. As always, all views are my own, and do not represent those of my employer.