The Guardian profiles E.O. Wilson
Posted 21 Aug 2012 / 0The Guardian “The Saturday interview: Harvard biologist Edward Wilson“
A Minor Post“Adaptive” approach to climate change puts faith in resilience thinking
Posted 21 Aug 2012 / 0All Things Considered “Boston Plans For ‘Near-Term Risk’ Of Rising Tides” My worry here is pretty simple: with the ‘practical’ approach of adapting to inevitable climate change is beginning to gain traction across the United States, the end of near-term denial will fail to pull along our long-term denial. As people begin to contemplate triage Read More
A Minor Post, Climate Change, ResilienceInfographic signs on the road to game theory understanding
Posted 16 Aug 2012 / 0Game Theory Icons These are pretty clever. I have not walked my way through them yet, but they use arrows to show the relative gradient of payoff for each player, and a little blue circle to represent Nash equilibrium (if any) for the game. What I have not yet figured out with these is whether Read More
A Minor Post, Game Theory, Information DesignSteve C. Walker on optimistic but reasonable expectations for mathematics
Posted 15 Aug 2012 / 0ecology & stats “Why math is sooo great!“
A Minor Post, MathematicsBiocreativity blog explores the interaction between biology and art
Posted 15 Aug 2012 / 0Biocreativity blog
A Minor Post, Art & Design, Biology (general), Science in Art & DesignCan crocheting help save corals? Can we learn something about developmental genetics in the process?
Posted 14 Aug 2012 / 0The bit about “hyperbolic geometry” is very interesting, but I wonder what its biological significance is. Why do organisms develop in this manner? Is the act of crocheting these analogous to the developmental process of organisms with hyperbolic geometry? Are the “crochet mutations” analogous to genetic mutations that affect development? The physical nature of this Read More
A Minor Post, EvoDevo, GeneticsGreat NPR piece on NYC taxis highlights the importance of testing assumptions with modeling
Posted 01 Aug 2012 / 0NPR Planet Money “Does New York City Need More Taxis?“
A Minor Post, Sustainable TransportationMark Bittman on the ecological imperative of eating less meat
Posted 31 Jul 2012 / 0Marketplace “Worried about climate change? Eat less meat.“
A Minor Post, Climate Change, VegetarianismNew York Times article on zoonotic disease risks
Posted 19 Jul 2012 / 0The New York Times “The Ecology of Disease” Missing from this article is a more comprehensive discussion of the risks posed by concentrated animal feed operations.
A Minor PostClimate change makes mountaineering more risky
Posted 19 Jul 2012 / 0The New York Times “For Climbers, Risks Now Shift With Every Step“
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