Evidence of Recent Evolutionary Changes In Humans Discussed →
Evidence of recent evolutionary modifications in Homo Sapiens Sapiens, first published in 2014, is gaining traction in a fascinating reposted article, at Nautilus. Sacrebleu! Most certainly today's Must Read.
Kottke, Laws of Scaling, Speed of Animals
Absolutely fascinating post over at Jason Kottke's Kottke.org site, illustrating the laws of scaling (in this case body size) and the speed of animals; clearly there are correllations to computational activity.
Requiescat in Pace: John and Alicia Nash
Requiescat in Pace: John Forbes Nash, Jr., (1928 - 2015) and Alicia (nee Lopez-Harrison de Lardé) Nash (1933 - 2015).
Kalle Ljung's Astounding Antarctica
Occasionally, a motion picture makes itself known hereabouts, with absolutely extraordinary visage of a land previously unsullied. This is such a picture. Enjoy!
Wasps, Facial Recognition
News [via the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) Science magazine], of the employment of facial recognition by wasps; utilized by the creatures in the sometimes enormous effort to defend their nests. Proof positive there is nothing new under the sun...
Balls of Gas (Heated)
'For the Patriots to blame a change in temperature for 15% lower-pressures, requires balls to be inflated with 125-degree air.' — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 26, 2015
'We Don't Have An Algorithm For This'
via Dr. Holger Sierks, a Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Scientist and Principal Investigator, leading the team working on the OSIRIS (Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System) on-board the Philae, describing the effort taken by human researchers when analyzing images of the comet...
The ramifications to many endeavors, ranging from automated driving, to automated information and physical security functionality (identity management, authentication, access control, biometrics, image recognition, et cetera) are startling, when confronted with new visages, we have yet to develop algorithmic capabilities to manipulate the data, and bend it to our will. EOM
Yesterday's Gestation →
via Paleofuture's Matt Novak. The inception date of our beloved interweb is generally assumed to be the date of the first electronic message transmitted via the packet switched network, that was to become the ARPANET, and at that time managed by BBN.