Neurons that work together, explained
A theoretical physicist can sit at a computer with a pen and paper may not seem like a likely candidateContinue Reading
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The Journalist’s Guide to Statistics
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Mark Twain, “My Autobiography” Journalists need a good understandingContinue Reading
The Emergent Beauty of Mathematics
Like a flower in full bloom, nature reveals its patterns shaped by mathematics. Or as particles collide with one another,Continue Reading
How to Create Interactive Network Graphs (from Twitter or elsewhere) with Python
In this post, a gentle introduction to different Python packages will let you create network graphs users can interact with.Continue Reading
Make a word cloud in a single line of Python
This is a concise way to make a word cloud using Python. It can teach you basics of coding whileContinue Reading
Global Mapping of Critical Minerals
The periodic table below illustrates the global abundance of critical minerals in the Earth’s crust in parts per million (ppm).Continue Reading
A Deep Learning Overview with Python
This course proposes a quick introduction to deep learning and two of its major networks, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) andContinue Reading
Web Scraping with Python Made Easy
Imagine you run a business selling shoes online and wanted to monitor how your competitors price their products. You couldContinue Reading
An introduction to philosophy
Table of contents Ethics Classical ethics Christian and Medieval ethics Modern ethics Postmodern ethics Bioethics Meta-ethics (Metaethics) Epistemology Logic AestheticsContinue Reading
An introduction to ethics
Table of contents What is ethics? Meta-ethics (Metaethics) Applied ethics Normative ethics Reading Normative ethics Issues in normative ethics ConsequentialismContinue Reading