This will be the first of series of recommended books, again dealing with new ideas of science. It might be odd then to start with a book like The Black Swan considering that it might apply more to people in finance and business, but Taleb would argue that his principles apply to all of us. [...]
Anyone out there who caught the season premiere of Breaking Bad last Sunday may have watched Walter and Jesse douse a dead body with hydrofluoric acid (HF), only to see the body later completely dissolved in a waste bin. I remember as chemistry graduate student that we were required to handle this acid with extreme [...]
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month about scientists using a branch of mathematics known as random matrix theory to identify a part of the HIV genome that rarely undergoes mutation. This region encodes the protein responsible for forming a capsid that encapsulates many of the components of the virus [...]
Well, it’s finally here: an official App from CBS Interactive that turns your iPad into a PADD! I downloaded mine earlier today. It doesn’t actually do anything, but it is very fun to navigate around hearing the little bleeps and the computer voice we’ve all grown to love. And there is a strange satisfaction out [...]
Hey all – I realize I’ve been very quiet over the past few months. I’ve been diligently working on my next project, but it has been a slow process. I hesitate to say too much about it until it’s completed; all I can really say is that it will be a project that stands on [...]