Radiolab and Wired magazine each ran a story recently about a computer program they called a “robot scientist”. Its actual name is Eureqa. The Radio Lab story gave a compelling portrait of Eureqa’s capabilities. Just by looking at how a double pendulum moves Eureqa was able to deduce Newton’s famous law of motion “F=ma“.... »
Now that health care has passed with no Republican support it’s natural to ask whether this represents a Democratic takeover of government. Fortunately we don’t have to rely on the word of our elected legislators to shed light on this issue, there is another... »
When the current recession started back in late 2008 many economists, bankers and politicians described the situation in very vivid language. “The economy is going over a cliff” many of them said, yet no visual image accompanied those words. In a world where newsrooms... »
The hardest “easy” story around probably is “where does the US spend its health care money?” Easy because the US has by far the most expensive health care system... »
Recently ABC News (and others) ran a story about how doctors in Sweden discovered an increase in heart attacks every year when the clocks spring forward and similarly a... »
Late last year the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a report that significantly changed the breast cancer screening guidelines for women. They raised the age where mammograms are... »
