A virologist, an immunologist, and an epidemiologist walk into a lab...
Prizes to the one who comes up with the best punchline.
The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
The smaller-than-the-others version of the Raspberry Pi got an upgrade.
Brian Williams: combating racism in public health with bioengineering
Bioengineering as a way to fight racism in the public health sector? Brian Williams is striving for that and more.
The 12 APIs of Christmas
He’s writing his list, he’s checking it twice, he’s going to find which API’s nice. Santa Claus is coding to town!
Paul Ford on the climate change as a new dot-com bubble
What better way to launder money that was made from the climate crisis than to use it to ‘solve’ it.
4 AMSR videos featuring marine biology
Enjoy 4 ASMR videos all about marine biology and marine life.
Sylvester James Gates Jr. looks back at his career during the 2021 MIT Compton Lecture
‘Those of us who read history are not surprised by where we are now.’
New York Times on Loretta Staples, a pioneering UI designer
“She’s still thinking like a designer, just applying it in a different way.”
AI: the greatest Pokémon master
People have tried to beat Pokémon with artificial intelligence but to no avail. The Third Build explains his processes and pitfalls in training his AI to become a decent VGC player.
The Arctic is losing its soul
The melting ice paints a worrying picture for the Arctic.
Sharon Levy asks if animals get PTSD
Fear is prevalent in the animal kingdom and arguably more than we know.
Jess Romeo on the male-dominant world of computer science
‘While the nerd, guru, sorcerer, hacker, and bum don’t seem particularly “manly,” these identities granted programmers a perceived mastery over their discipline and the ability to monopolize competence, as well as to establish steep barriers of entry.’