If this growing cohort 'wins', what do they get? In a post-science world, where physics and testable facts are always open to the layman's opinion in the moment, how are things better? How does one develop a new antibiotic without an understanding of speciation and disease resistance?
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Similar to my own thoughts on the portal Equifax set up for people to check.
Equifax compromise and their insecure response
Similar to my own thoughts on the portal Equifax set up for people to check.
Just enter your name and 2/3 of your SSN into this brand new website that you can’t verify actually belongs to Equifax, and we’ll tell you if you’ve been pwned!
It really is Equifax as far as I can tell, but the way it’s set up sets off a ton of red flags and will train people to ignore those flags on actual phishing attacks.
Here’s an idea: put cell stations on drones to help coordinate disaster relief & keep lines of communication open.
When Disaster Strikes, Flying Cell Towers Could Aid Search and Rescue
Here’s an idea: put cell stations on drones to help coordinate disaster relief & keep lines of communication open.
It’s possible to add noise to an image that the human brain filters out, but that will cause computers to misclassify it.
Slight Street Sign Modifications Can Completely Fool Machine Learning Algorithms
From the still-needs-work department: It’s possible to add noise to an image that the human brain filters out (or doesn’t even notice), but that will cause computers to misclassify it. Amusing when you’re sorting photos of animals, but dangerous when it convinces a self-driving car that a stop sign is simply reporting a speed limit.
This is a potential game changer in allergy research.
Q&A on Allergy Cell Finding: Targeting Therapies and Predicting Symptoms to Foods
This is a potential game changer in allergy research.
Fandom, Entitlement and the Alt-Right
The Big Problem With Self-Driving Cars Is People
Mozilla releases research results: Zero rating is not serving as an on-ramp to the internet
Mozilla releases research results: Zero rating is not serving as an on-ramp to the internet
Virtual reality used to plan a complicated surgery.
How doctors used virtual reality to save the lives of conjoined twin sisters
Virtual reality used to plan a complicated surgery.
Trees & pavement make a huge difference in temperature. I can experience it in a 5 minute walk down the street.
Trees & pavement make a huge difference in temperature. I can experience it in a 5 minute walk down the street. https://www.kqed.org/news/11564159/l-a-tries-to-cool-off-by-focusing-on-roofs-streets-and-trees
There’s a shopping center in El Segundo that uses the blue butterfly as its logo…
There’s a shopping center in El Segundo that uses the blue butterfly as its logo…because it's built on its former habitat. Nice to see the butterfly is making a comeback.
How an endangered blue butterfly made a surprising return to Redondo Beach
All New Volvo Models Will Be Electric Or Hybrid
I always thought the Bluetooth symbol looked like a rune….
Huh. I always thought the Bluetooth symbol looked like a rune. Turns out it is one.
It’s using a vulnerability in Windows that was patched in March. If you’re running…
Massive Global Ransomware Attack Underway, Patch Available
It's using a vulnerability in Windows that was patched in March. If you're running an old version of Windows or haven't patched since February or earlier, your system is at risk.
Net neutrality is under threat (again). Here’s why you should care
Net neutrality is under threat (again). Here’s why you should care https://www.popsci.com/net-neutrality-is-under-attack-heres-why-we-need-to-protect-it/
Is science political? We’d like to think it isn’t, but…
“Is science political? We’d like to think it isn’t, but the conclusions of science often run counter to what people want to believe, and that perforce thrusts science into the political arena.”