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No End in Sight for AI’s Invasion into Higher Education
Teaching students to write is to teach them to think
AI in Biology: What Difference Did the Rise of the Machines Make?
AI works very well for proteins that lock into a single configuration, as many do. But intrinsically disordered ones don’t play by those rules
PETA Sues NIH: Claims First Amendment Right to Talk to Monkeys
The complaint alleges the animal rights advocates have a right to receive communications from “fellow primates” that are “willing speakers.”
Consciousness: Reductionism’s Final Hill — the One To Die On?
The reductionist has no more information than anyone else about the origin of human consciousness and isn’t making any better sense of the evidence we do have
AI in Biology: AI Meets Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Protein folding — the process by which a protein arrives at its functional shape — is one of the most complex unsolved problems in biology
America Must Be First to Beat the Looming Spectrum Crisis
AI and reconfigurable technology can help win the spectrum race
Monday Micro Softy 17: Mixed-up Bags of Marbles
The bags-of-marbles puzzle is comparatively simple: How many marbles must you pull from the mislabeled bags in order to relabel them correctly?
Stand Up for (Ideological) Science 2025 Day!
The protestors should have rallied against themselves
Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places
Reductionism is nonsense, and “consciousness” is not nestled in clusters of neurons
The Medical Establishment’s Persistent Zeal for DEI in Education
The article’s authors seem to believe that people can be good doctors only for patients who look like them or have similar sexual or identity preferences.
Terminator Genisys Review Part 2: A Colossal Monster Mash
The writers wanted the recreated scenes to be fond “memory berries” for the audience but they ran into problems setting them up properly
AI Entrepreneur Seeks To Empower Others Through Innovation
David Copps came back from split-brain surgery determined to use his entrepreneurial skills to empower others.
A New McDonald’s PlayPlace Doesn’t Look Very Fun
A virtual playground doesn't offer kids genuine play
Why LLMs Are Not Boosting Productivity
If LLMs were as reliably useful as economist Tyler Cowen alleges, businesses would be using them to generate profits faster than LLMs generate text. They aren’t.
Stop Moaning About the ‘Mainstream Media’. You Are the Media Now
Social media have become much more important, relative to traditional news media and we are only beginning to grasp the profound implications
Steep Turn: RFK Jr. Endorses Measles Vaccine
He notes that measles was already in full retreat by 1960 — before the vaccine’s introduction — thanks to improvements in sanitation and nutrition
Clinical Psychologist Defends Human Exceptionalism
Gregg Henriques is responding to an evolutionary biologist who sees recognition of human uniqueness as “speciesism,” akin to racism and sexism
A Careful Autopsy on Legacy Mainstream Media
The new digital world is horizontal. You — not just a White House press correspondent — can watch a top-level White House meeting from anywhere in the world