R. Ford Denison‘s blog on Evolution, Agriculture, etc.
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Leading ecologist on US election
Peter Chesson, a highly-cited community ecologist, has written a persuasive essay arguing that US voters should judge candidates mainly by their willingness to stand up to Trump’s assaults on science,…
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Past, Present, and Future
I found many interesting stories in the May 14 issue of Science, which I’ve just gotten around to reading. Two are examples of scientists using new data to study the…
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Pacing AI
Dario Amoedi worries that AI is developing too fast for us to control risks. He says Anthropic will start hosting independent auditors and that other AI firms should be required…
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AI for DNA seems like a big deal
I recently saw this paper by King et al. about using AI trained on DNA sequences to design phage viruses, some of which successfully infected bacteria. This particular application is…
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Fixing evolution’s mistakes
It may be a while before I start reviewing two publications a week, but maybe reviewing books should count for more? I recommend both: “Force of Nature: Understanding Evolution’s Deepest…
