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TWSB: Nature's Bling

Claudia wrote 1 month ago: Ever wonder what the shiniest living material in the world is? (Me neither, but aren’t you cur … more →

Tags: Science, TwSb, Nature, Science, pollia condensate, Plants, Iridescence, shiny!

TWSB: Mendel’s Boxcars

Claudia wrote 1 month ago: Matt, I think you’ll dig this (if you ever get a break from babies, haha). BoxCar2D is a program tha … more →

Tags: Science, TwSb, Genetics, Science, genetic algorithm, Machines, BoxCar2D

TWSB: Exploding lakes? Okay, who had the canoe full of potassium?1 comment

Claudia wrote 2 months ago: HORRENDOUS JOKE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ACTUAL EXPLODING LAKES! ‘Kay. So up until this point, I think … more →

Tags: Science, TwSb, Science, limnic eruption, Lake Nyos, lake kivu, Lake Monoun

TWSB: Happy birthday, Sir Ronald Fisher!1 comment

Claudia wrote 3 months ago: Happy birthday to one of the greatest statisticians ever: Sir Ronald Fisher! Fisher (1890 – 1962) wa … more →

Tags: Science, Fisher, sir ronald fisher, ANOVA, maximum likelihood estimation, TwSb, Statistics 2

TWSB: Prime News

Claudia wrote 3 months ago: New giant prime! New giant prime! (It’s still really hard for me not to automatically capitalize “pr … more →

Tags: Science, Math, Primes, TwSb, Gimps

TWSB: The Beauty of Stats

Claudia wrote 3 months ago: Here’s some beautiful stuff, people. This Galton board (or “bean machine” or “quincunx”) demonstrati … more →

Tags: Science, TwSb, Statistics 2, han rosling, Galton board, quincunx, Bean Machine, central limit theorem

TWSB: Boston Dynamics Takes Alpha Dog to Obedience School1 comment

Claudia wrote 4 months ago: GUYS IT LISTENS TO US NOW! Alpha Dog, Boston Dynamics’ creepiest freaking dog creature to date … more →

Tags: Science, Robots, Big Dog, robotics, Boston Dynamics, TwSb, Alpha Dog, Science

TWSB: Weighty Matters1 comment

Claudia wrote 4 months ago: Happy Birthday, Stephen Hawking! Woah, I had no idea he was in his 70′s. He’s like 40 ye … more →

Tags: Science, Kilogram, TwSb, Stephen Hawking

TWSB: The Plane Truth2 comments

Claudia wrote 4 months ago: Happy New Year, everyone! I just realized that I only moved once in 2012. A good year indeed. Actual … more →

Tags: Science, TwSb, Wald, aircraft survivability, survival bias, wwii, Abraham Wald

TWSB: Math: Ur Doin It Wrong2 comments

Claudia wrote 4 months ago: So today’s topic immediately brought to mind this little joke, which I’m sure you’ … more →

Tags: Science, Math, Leibniz, TwSb, Science, Anomalous Cancellation, monadology

This Week's Science Blog is Absolutely Cool

Claudia wrote 5 months ago: (HA TEMPERATURE JOKES DON’T YOU JUST LOVE ME?) Here is a fascinating PBS documentary on the hi … more →

Tags: Science, TwSb, History, Temperature, Science, Absolute Zero

TWSB: Death by Sunspots1 comment

Claudia wrote 5 months ago: We are so damn screwed when the sun decides to solar storm us to death. In fueling my paranoia about … more →

Tags: Science, Sun, Solar Flares, TwSb, SunSpots, Carrington event, coronal mass ejection, CME, solar Katrina

TWSB: So a "Squircle" is a Thing.1 comment

Claudia wrote 5 months ago: And it’s exactly what it sounds like. “A squircle is a shape with properties between those of a squa … more →

Tags: Science, TwSb, Shapes, Geometry, rectellipse, squircle

TWSB: The Colors of Google1 comment

Claudia wrote 6 months ago: So as is tradition, there’s some sort of major character death in my NaNoWriMo novel. At least … more →

Tags: Science, Google, colors, TwSb, Science, sequence

TWSB: powers of ten1 comment

Claudia wrote 6 months ago: First, I want to apologize if I’ve posted this video on here before. I’m currently too l … more →

Tags: Science, Space, TwSb, Powers of Ten, Macro, Micro, zoom, IBM

TWSB: Angles of Understanding1 comment

Claudia wrote 6 months ago: Geometry makes things so much clearer, doesn’t it? … more →

Tags: Science, Math, Physics, TwSb, Geometry, einstein

TWSB: Wake Up in the Mornin' Feelin' Like Vivaldi1 comment

Claudia wrote 7 months ago: Here’s a cool little science-y blog for y’all: As each metronome reverses its direction at the top o … more →

Tags: Science, TwSb, Science, Metronomes, Timing

TWSB: Back on the Chain Gang

Claudia wrote 7 months ago: This week’s science-related blog has to do with CALCULUS because calculus is awesome and because we … more →

Tags: Science, Math, TwSb, Science, calculua

TWSB: Hot n' Spicy Pi

Claudia wrote 7 months ago: Today’s science blog is about pi! But why? It’s not pi day or casual pi day or tau day. Well, becaus … more →

Tags: Science, Math, pi, TwSb, Science


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