Science

2024-04-22: The results aren’t published yet, but it looks like we’re going to see that the …

2024-03-30: R. A. Fisher’s quote from his address to the 1938 First Indian Statistical Congress remains …

2024-03-11: After a trial involving nearly 18000 participants, the US FDA approves Wegovy, one of the famed …

2023-12-22: Over 10,000 research papers were retracted this year

2023-12-22: 📚 Finished reading Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth.

2023-12-05: Being an data analyst type of person I am a fervent believer in the below concept, but until now I …

2023-12-04: The world is on track for a “hellish” 3C of global heating, the UN has warned. Apparently our …

2023-11-28: 📚 Finished reading The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul.

2023-11-21: Humans will go to considerable effort to get obviously useless information

2023-11-10: This interactive visualisation is a great way of explaining or visualising what a given …

2023-10-23: I’m sure no-one needs reminding, but today is National Mole Day. . Nothing to do with small …

2023-10-23: Unsurprisingly, the 'eat 2000 calories a day' recommendation isn't very scientific

2023-10-22: In a recent paper, researchers compared the trends in Google searches that suggest people are …

2023-09-21: What causes the Overton Paradox?

2023-09-15: Over here I wrote about some research from Pew comparing what Twitter users say they do vs what they …

2023-08-28: Experiencing the Dream Machine

2023-08-26: Treating obesity can save lives

2023-08-23: When some of your personalities go blind

2023-08-22: Russia's moon-landing attempt fails, but there's plenty more coming up soon