Extrachromosomal rDNA Circles— A Cause of Aging in Yeast
A paper review of Sinclair & Guarente’s landmark paper, exploring how extrachromosomal rDNA circles (ERCs) contribute to aging in yeast cells.
A paper review of Sinclair & Guarente’s landmark paper, exploring how extrachromosomal rDNA circles (ERCs) contribute to aging in yeast cells.
An exploration of ChatGPT's capabilities, quirks, and alignment blindspots – with practical tests & thought experiments.
A paper review of Nick Bostrom's provocative "Simulation Argument", formally analyzing the probabilistic framework, philosophical premises, computational assumptions, and implications.
A clear breakdown of how Python handles object references — and why mutating a list of lists doesn’t always do what you expect.
A paper review of 'Compressionism' a theory linking intelligence, consciousness, and data compression
A first-principles dive into deriving the count of of subarrays in an array.
A synopsis of the literature, methodology & self-assessment of using Digit Span to quantify & evaluate short-term memory.
Armed with a smartphone, a household object, and sheer scientific audacity, we approximate gravity at 10.02 m/s²—nearly proving Newton right (give or take a kitchen tile).
OpenAI organised a challenge to solve coding problems with the aid of an AI assistant. This is a review of the challenge, and first impressions on working with an AI pair-programmer.
A visual deep dive into Conway’s Game of Life — how simple rules give rise to complex, unpredictable behavior in a 2D cellular automaton.