LOOK AT THIS FIGURE: human cell types by count and biomass. 80% of the cells in your body are Red Blood Cells (RBCs), meaning a statistically "average" human cell contains no DNA. Nuclei are the EXCEPTION, not the rule. From a biomass perspective, muscle myocytes are half your cellular mass.
A very well written story about the Calling Bullshit course I teach with @jevinwest.bsky.socialhttps://artsci.washington.edu/news/2023-09/hows-your-bs-detector
Frustrated to see misleading information published as fact, professors Carl Bergstrom (Biology) and Jevin West (Information School) created a wildly popular UW course and book, Calling Bullshit."
Martin Turpin: ‘Bullshitting is human nature in its honest and naked form' www.theguardian.com/science/2021...
The cognitive scientist explains the link between intelligence and telling fibs – and why lying is such a common form of communication in fields from art to politics
Mexico's Supreme Court, while slow, is at least headed in the same direction as human rights. 🙄 SCOTUS? 🙄 Minority rule will not last. www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...
This is so impressive: a 3d rendering of Tenochtitlán based on a year and a half of work
a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire
Know an excellent student from a developing country who wishes to do research in the US? The Schlumberger Foundation 2024-2025 Faculty for the Future Fellowships for Women in STEM is open. Award: $25K-$50K for grad student, $40K for postdoc #neurogrants www.facultyforthefuture.net/about-program/
This is absolutely gorgeous and kinda kind-blowing. A reconstruction of the great city of Tenochtitlán. tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
