As I mention often on this blog, I have a great interest in the universe—astrophysics, quantum mechanics, cosmology, all that stuff. With that, I’m no expert in any of it. I just enjoy reading and ...

If we can model a fly brain, and run that fly in a sim, we might do it with us. We live in the age of the brain, and ...

The feature adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s viral novel of the same name is set to star Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor Prime Video will continue its romance streak into ...

Suppose we observe the following confusion‑matrix outcomes from a classifier: Among 58 total classification instances (N), 12 (S) are actual positives and the remaining 46 (N - S) are negatives. The ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has paused its diagnostic testing for a host of infectious diseases, including rabies. The CDC on Monday posted a list of 27 tests that it either ...

A social media post from the US Food and Drug Administration this week shows a big-eyed macaque staring out from behind bars. “Some drugs use 144 monkeys on average for preclinical testing,” the post ...

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The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

We are taught they are inseparable: estimate a treatment effect, then test whether it is “statistically significant.” But in real-world biostatistics and clinical research, this marriage is far from ...

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The federal government program that mailed free at-home COVID-19 tests to households is no longer active. Some insurance providers may still cover the cost of at-home tests, and free tests may be ...