-- Political Virtue of a Virus
Can we upload our minds onto computers?
Life and Logic: “Hegel’s Concept of Life” by Karen Ng
Books about Nothing: On the death of the novel
Where do numbers come from? Philosophers have sought answers.
Why life might be worth living, according to philosopher William James
Neurons that work together, explained
The Birds and the Bees of Santa Cruz
How to Calculate Phase Constant
How to Determine the Modulus of Rupture
Difference Between a Diode & Zener Diode
How to Check a Transistor With a Digital MultiMeter
How to Convert Miles Walked to MPH
How to Find the Final Velocity of any Object
The Journalist’s Guide to Statistics
The Emergent Beauty of Mathematics
How to Create Interactive Network Graphs (from Twitter or elsewhere) with Python
Make a word cloud in a single line of Python
Global Mapping of Critical Minerals
A Deep Learning Overview with Python
Web Scraping with Python Made Easy
Science writing resources
List of FOIA contacts
An introduction to philosophy
An introduction to ethics
A Comparison of Copper in the U.S.
The epistemology and metaphysics of causality
Contextual Emergence
A Computational Theory of Mind
How to Estimate Wind Speed Using a Flag
Don’t Read this Book if you want Solutions in Life
Raising the Alarm: Rhetoric on Climate Change
What makes us special
Can I Charge Two 6V Batteries in Series?
The link between cognition and emotion
How to Check A/C Compressor Motor & Starter Capacitor
How to Calibrate Your Oscilloscope
How to Build a 12Volt Portable Generator
How to Calculate the Head on a Submersible Pump
How to Calculate GC Response Factors
How to Calculate Momentum
How to Calculate Microstrain
How to Calculate Energy Density
The Advantages of Capacitor Start & Capacitor Run Motors
How to Calculate Buoyancy for a Pipe
How to Calculate Counterbalance Weights
How to Calculate KCAT and VMAX
How to Calculate Cutting Force
How to Calculate DC Motor Torque
How to Calculate Hardcore Quantities
Can I Charge Two 6V Batteries in Series?
How to Calculate a Pipe Schedule Number
How to Calculate Rotational Latency
How to Calculate Shear Rate
How to Calculate Theoretical Plates
How to Calculate Coefficient of Performance
How to Calculate Line to Line Voltage
How Are Density, Mass & Volume Related?
How to Calculate Mawp
How to Calculate RPD
How to Calculate a Concrete Weight
How to Calculate the Weight of Steel
How to Calculate an Angle From a Bearing
How to Calculate Lux Levels
How to Calculate Differential Pressure Levels
How to Draw a Scale Bar
How to Calculate Height With Sextant
How to Measure the Strength of Magnets
What Are Ball Bearings Used For?
How to Compose a Distillation Curve
How to Charge Multiple 12V Batteries in Line
Differences Between Polycrylic & Polyurethane
Laws of Pendulum Motion
How to Calculate Surface Runoff
The Application of Linear Expansion in Engineering
How to Calculate the Frequency Factor in Chemical Kinetics
How Does a Digital to Analog Converter Work?
How to Convert 26 Tpi to Metric
How to Build a Faraday Cage
Application of Transducers
How to Calculate the Bearing Capacity of Soils
How to Calculate the Voltage Drop Across a Resistor in a Parallel Circuit
Different Hydraulic Systems
How to Calculate the Winding of a Transformer
How to Calculate RMSD
How to Calculate Work Efficiency
The Advantages of Semiconductors
How to Build an Electromagnetic Field Generator
How to Calculate Electrical Charge
How Is a Parallel Circuit Different From a Series Circuit?
How Are Density, Mass & Volume Related?
How To Calculate E Cell
How to Calculate Amperage in a Series Circuit
How to Calculate Transformer Turns Ratio
Time and Dreams in Political Unrest
How to Calculate Battery Discharge Rate
How to Build a Homemade Battery
What Is DC & AC Resistance?
Applications of Transducers
Coil Winding Basics
How to Create a Magnet Dynamo
Difference Between Law and Principle in Physics
The Operating Principles of an Automatic Transfer Switch
How to Calculate Lifting Force
How to Calculate Solar Insolation
The Characteristics of a Parallel Circuit
How to Calculate Illuminance
How Does a Rectifier Work?
What Is the Difference Between Scale and Balance?
Advantages & Disadvantages of Coal Gasification
How Do Magnetic Fields Work?
What Is the Difference Between 4-D & 3-D?
What Are the Dangers of Electromagnets?
How to Calculate Air Density
How Is Steel Tubing Made?
What Makes Magnets Repel?
What Is a Magnetometer?
How to Calculate X-Ray Energy
How to Conserve Water & Electricity in Your House
How to Tell the Polarity of an Electrolytic Capacitor
How to Measure the Density of Gasoline
How to Calculate Sphericity
Why Do Batteries Go Flat?
How Many Lenses Are in a Compound Microscope?
How to Create a Laser Beam
How to Connect Diodes
How to Calculate the Cubic Feet of a Log
How to Calculate Pressure in a Tank
How Does an Ammeter Work?
“Not in our nature,” a poem
The Weil Conjectures: A tale of mathematics, philosophy, and art
Neuralink: the allure of brain-computer interfaces
Livestreaming Science
Appearing suspicious may come at a cost
How the brain makes things simple
A machine learning approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine
The neuroscientific basis of consciousness
A metamodernist narrative of genetic engineering
Recognition and representation: two faces of the same coin
Philosophy faculty empower students to tackle ethical issues in data science
Digital Divide Index measures economic disparities across Indiana
Data-based analysis reveals data science job prospects
Deep convolutional neural networks as models of the visual system
The King’s Headache: a story about artificial intelligence
A humanistic paradigm for mental illness
Aim-oriented thinking for a wiser tomorrow
Finding meaning from fMRI research
Are mental states reducible to neurobiological states?
Describing our world through philosophy, science, and coffee
An introduction to philosophical ethics
Neuroethics: the delicate balance of neuroscience and morality
The brain uses about 1.5 megabytes to learn a language
"The pursuit of truth," a villanelle
"A mathematician’s lament," a villanelle
On becoming a better researcher
History transcending science’s boundaries
Guest post – "Aristotle and Fake News: Why understanding rhetoric illuminates credible arguments"
"Governed by darkness," a poem about fear
Artificial intelligence re-defines reality and the self
Celebrating the Life and Work of Nobel Laureate Christian B. Anfinsen
The beauty of logic throughout history
Creating a greater story of artificial intelligence
"Frankenstein" and tampering with nature
Anyone, even you, can be a scientist
“The Chinese Room” argument: how a computer thinks
"Light in the Jail Cell" memoir sneak peek
Uncanny Valley, as told by the ancient Greeks
Artificial intelligence of antiquity: the "robots" of ancient Greece
A brief update on the Montreal Declaration for Responsible AI
New website: "A history of artificial intelligence"
How to improve your moral reasoning in the digital age
How a 2001 video game warned us about the dangers of artificial intelligence and genetic engineering
The immortality of science writing
The science and philosophy of silence
Art meets science: the limits and ethics of neuroaesthetics
The science, mathematics, and philosophy of rhythm
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close": Science, aesthetics, and ethics of trauma fiction
"Overcoming my fear of poetry"
Stoicism to improve your life
Examining the current paradigm of artificial intelligence (with help from philosopher Thomas Kuhn)
A modern-day paradigm for computational approaches to psychiatric illness
Getting the best of both worlds with data journalism
Under Your Skin: Molecules and Cells for Touch and Pain
How to maintain intellectual character in an era of fake news
How war shapes a country: a review of Nora Krug’s “Belonging”
Memories of Claude Shannon, father of information theory
Encoding and decoding with stochastic neuron models
"What’s so great about classical music?" A personal and philosophical perspective
On the nature of causation and correlation: elections and cancer
"What is art?" Turning to philosophy for answers
Physician Rita Charon on how stories matter to medicine
The role of neural networks in machine learning
An insight into philosopher Paul Feyerabend, an imaginative maverick
Meditative thoughts on symmetry in relation to the nature of beauty
The story of how I won
How to become who you are, according to Nietzsche
Methods of description and explanation in neuroscience
Reinforcement Learning: Super Mario, AlphaGo and beyond
An interview with Adam Kruchten, a Renaissance scholar of the highest calibre
Exploring neuroimaging using machine learning
SeqAcademy: An educational pipeline for RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq analysis
Science capturing the public’s imagination
Finding treasure at the NIH
An interview with Cadence Bambenek, a creative soul mixing her love of words and science
An interview with Anne McGovern, a bookworm unveiling the mysterious nature of science
An interview with Nicoletta Lanese, a polymath at the "fundamental interconnectedness of all things"
An interview with Kayla Wiles, a writer finding a way for herself
In defense of darkness (from the universe to our psyche)
Dreams shaping the moral landscape (and keeping us woke)
What scientists can learn from entrepreneurs
Philosophy at the heart of powerless politics
Guest Post: “3 Tips on Creating More Agile Teams” by Wendy Dessler
"What should science stand for?" An analytic mind in an uncertain world
The university as a four-year Fourier Transform
The pursuit of science for art’s sake
Computer-based biology uncovers secrets to rice growth
Analogies and word choice shape political discourse
Playgoing in the digital age could help understand literature, professor says
Professor says male birth control study may have had sexist bias
Journalists in a post-society and returning to untruth
Digital economy could pose environmental risks, professor says
Trump presidency a "gloomy forecast" for climate change, scientists warn
Liberal arts challenges career-driven education
Nature’s patterns revealed by mathematics
Nobel prize-winning physicist zooms through history of the universe
Post-election U.S.-Russia relations could be chaotic, say professors
World-renowned philosopher to talk about consciousness
Carbon recycling could increase energy efficiency
Sociology professors seek to end mental health stigma
Scientists need to educate the public on GMOs, says chemistry professor
IU physicist shares story behind Nobel Prize research
Women in philosophy speak out against sexism
Chemical supramolecule reshapes scientific theory, could fight nuclear waste
Professor challenges assumptions about Islam
Informatics professor examines how computers think
Students begin science blog to educate the public
Research culminates with why women orgasm
Swain Hall West renovations build a sense of community
Quantum supremacy pushes the limits of computers
Professor studies stories of beauty to celebrate the humanities
Former Poynter Center staff, program find new opportunities
Student organization raises awareness of mental illness
SPEA professor re-envisions toxicology research
Psychology researchers explain how to combat the replication crisis
Artificial Intelligence researchers teach computers to think like people
Cross-disciplinary collaboration solves problems of the brain
IU professor unifies science and philosophy to study disease
IU professors begin bioengineering research
Undergraduate students performed summer research abroad
Aristotle’s crafty advice on skills in the workplace – and everywhere else in life
Mental fatigue takes its toll on the soul
Nostalgia, networks, and nuance of Pokémon Go
A Guide to Undergraduate Research and Internships (REU’s)
Here’s looking at UK, from scientists across the pond
Ethics in cruise control: self-driving dilemmas
Physics-based biology and blindness to the abstract
Who cares about the ill? The moral grounds of mental health
A genetic moral code
Mario Chase: a simple game of cat and mouse
Mind-reading: understanding how the brain learns
A Sisyphean nightmare
A story of serendipity
Google’s stronghold on our health
Chronic discrimination at the IU School of Medicine
Protect transparency in the data republic
Neuroscience and philosophy take the stand
Reflections on my career at the Indiana Daily Student
Overhauling scientific research with teaching
The limits of artificial intelligence
Scientists are people too
Science gives solutions slowly but surely
When you should trust a scientist
Excited about engineering at IU
Surviving solitary confinement
Resist the commercialization of college
Building and branding a student
Stories that destroy
Don’t let your memes be memes
Holding science at gunpoint
Gene drive – take the wheel against malaria
Chaos under control (from butterflies to Hitler)
How to start a blog the right way – Less is more
When physicists and philosophers collide
Can’t stop the gods from genetic engineering
Our fragile minds under surveillance
The monsters we fight (and the ones we save) in our simulated horrors
Sexism in science
Why learning about ethics doesn’t make you more ethical
Taking risks for a brighter tomorrow
We need philosophers – and the liberal arts too
Never Let Schooling Interfere with Education
Complacency in the Medical-Industrial Complex
No One Scientist Should Have All That Power
Cross-examining Neuroscience
Protecting the Privacy of Mental Health Data
Science’s Story: The Empathy of Physics
Color of the Song: A Look at Synesthesia
The War in Science in the War
Making Sense of Statistics
A Theory of Everything, for Everyone
Mental Illness as a Language
How Much Do We Know About the Brain?
A Modern Look at Science’s Anglophonia
A Philosophy of Life at IU: On Volunteering, Leadership, and Well-roundedness
Douglas Hofstadter’s perpetual search for beauty
Are You a Bromide? Find out with These Three Easy Questions!
Elegance in science
Gene Editing is Nothing to Fear
Challenge the Status Quo: Strengths and Limitations of Academic Freedom
Imposter Syndrome: Noble Humility or Shameful Insecurity?
“We are What We Do”: The American Dream and Education
How to Make a Beautiful Science Presentation
De-Stigmatizing Mental Illness: An Inquiry into Depression
Why IU needs Science Communication
The Eclectic Lunatic: At The Crossroads of Knowledge
How do you Promote Diversity in Academia and STEM? Introspection.
My Advice for Incoming Freshman
How to Gain Professional Skills: “Don’t put Descartes before the Horse”
DNA Pac-Man: A biological twist on the LSD hunter
Factually Accurate about Factoids
What is Bioinformatics?
Should Competitiveness Drive Education?
Academic Burnout: Taking Breaks and Breaking Habits
“What’s in a rose? That which we call a name”: Semiotics in Science
The (Wrong) Reasons to Become a Doctor: A Medical Ethicist’s Perspective
The Unspoken Harm in the (Pre)-Medical Experience: On History and Education
Rhetoric and Models of Learning: Memorization vs. Application, Bloom’s Taxonomy
A Natural Talent for the Natural Sciences
Re-imagining the Self and Freedom from Distraction
Drawing Value from our Stories; The Mark of the Mature Man
The Appropriate Rhetoric on the Purpose of a College Education
The Purpose of Art and the Beauty of Science
The Art of Asking a Question
Myths in Medicine: The Epistemology behind so-called “Conflicts-of-Interest”
On the Value of a College Education: A Philosophy Professor’s Perspective
Logic and the Crossroads of Philosophy, Mathematics, and Science
Learning Why We Learn: A Call to Action for all Undergraduates
The Pre-medical Motive: Curiosity, Practicality, and Numbers
What pre-medical students can learn from the humanities
The Uncertainty of Stochastic Models and Human Mortality
Float like a butterfly; sting like a bee.
Promoting the discussion of Ethics
Programming for Particle Physics – Monte Carlo simulations and Markov Chains
The Importance of Hashing
Longest Common Subsequence and NumPy
Comparing genome alignment methods
Genetic Inversions, Bill Gates, and Pancakes
Helping other students with Undergraduate Research Awards and Opportunities
“Memorizing a Deck of Cards in a Minute”or “Why You Have an Amazing Untapped Memory”
How do I prepare myself for research internships (or how do I do well in my research lab)?
Unplug and Recharge – my poster presentation and what I’ve learned form my internship
Building a Heap
Testing graphs for bipartiteness
de Brujin graphs and Velvet Optimiser
Suboptimal Alignment Algorithm
Perl
Any way the wind blows
Getting work done
Back to the lab again
Beginning my summer research internship – on bioinformatics and math and everything
New kid on the blog
