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Smart planning of outdoor sports tournaments using environmental heat measurements
Faith Vacuums And AI Have Led To A Paranormal Resurgence
“There's a God-shaped vacuum in every heart,” wrote Pascal, but that vacuum is now again being filled by the paranormal. And AI is the cause.
Hank Campbell Tue, 10/20/2026 - 11:46 Categories PsychologyUnderstanding Intelligence Across Artificial and Biological Systems
Recently I started a new peer-reviewed journal at the crossroads of Artificial Intelligence and Cognition research. The journal, titled "AI and Brain", is published by Scilight Press, a young publishing firm that contrarily to my initial impressions is very serious and competent.
Tommaso Dorigo Tue, 10/20/2026 - 10:15 Categories Science HistoryWaste removal by specialized ammonia transporters protect the male seahorse ‘brood’
If You Like Rabbit, Thank The Plague
The Plague Killed killed off a giant swath of the population but those who survived saw better lives across the board, because there were so few left to work. And rabbits, once the gifts of kings, were suddenly everywhere.
The Conversation Fri, 10/16/2026 - 11:23 Categories AnthropologyMore on Radiacode 110
This is the second post reporting a few tests of the Radiacode 110 spectrometer, an extra-cool pocket dosimeter/radiation counter/spectrograph sold by RadiaCode.
Tommaso Dorigo Fri, 10/16/2026 - 07:17 Categories PhysicsMini brain organoids ‘reading’ Braille marks key step towards biohybrid computing
Drowned 5,000 years old forests reborn as thriving peat reefs and biodiversity hotspots off Mozambique
When Natives Are Smarter Than Ecologists About Energy
If you knew that oil extraction would lower your cost of living while having environmental protection, would you object? Natives don't, but ecologists from rich countries do.
Hank Campbell Tue, 10/13/2026 - 20:44 Categories AnthropologyWhat AI Gets Right In Medicine Is Giving Patients Time To Talk
A conversation that doesn't get interrupted by a doctor because government bureaucracy gives them 18 minutes to solve every problem was the medicine of the past. And it may be the medicine of the future.
Hank Campbell Tue, 10/13/2026 - 19:08 Categories TechnologyIs Simulation-Based Inference A New Technique In HEP?
No, it is not. Please note! It goes back to Stan Ulam in the 1940s!
Tommaso Dorigo Tue, 10/13/2026 - 05:13 Categories Physics