23andMe is struggling and I can’t find my tiny violin anywhere. I’m sure some people have taken comfort in their DNA results but so many haven’t and I’ve always had concerns about the data.
Belphegor’s prime: a delightfully devilish number
Primes and pitchforks.
Good news for Oceanic frogs—research suggests frogs in other contintents hold the key to fighting off deadly fungi that are killing them: […] There’s evidence that some frogs are naturally evolving resistance. Scientists are also trying to exploit the fungus’s sensitivity to temperature by building Bd-free (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) habitats or moving frogs to locales where the fungus can’t survive.
otterwiki is Python-based wiki software. As someone who loves Python and wikis, I had to post it here. Sadly the otter is just for the name and logo.
Arduino: can run DOOM and a linear regression model
Is there anything Arduino boards can’t do? (Don’t answer that.)
An academic paper on 'quantum Black creative geographies'
A different kind of quantum realm.
Knowable Magazine wrote about the Cybathlon, an international event that focuses on robotics and assistive technology research for disabled people.
For Quanta, Steven Strogatz spoke to computational biologist Franziska Michor about the role that mathematics and machine learning could play in “the next generation of cancer care”.
Slash Gear on why Windows Phone failed
Old Windows Phone, who dis?
On 17th September, the UK government announced an initiative called Sankore, with up to £1.9 million in funding to strengthen science, technology and innovation in Ghana and Nigeria through its West Africa Research and Innovation Hub.
The press release also has a link to an information page on how to apply.
Dubai hosted the first-ever jet suit race
Jet Suit Radio, anyone?
For Knowable Magazine, Liam Drew explained how a new drug that could reduce effects the risk of kidney disease in Black Americans of West African descent: […] success will depend upon drugs reaching the right people — and reaching them before kidneys are damaged beyond recall.