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Scientific Clearing House
http://sciencehouse.wordpress.com/
In the past, scholars could gather in coffee houses and talk about the latest scientific or mathematical discoveries. The goal of Scientific Clearing House is to provide a venue for such discourse.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 294 )
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The US Election and the Future
Political scientists will be dissecting the results of the 2016 US presidential election for the next decade but certainly one fact that is likely to be... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2016 SOCIETY -
Revolution Vs Incremental Change
I think that the dysfunction and animosity we currently see in the US political system and election is partly due to the underlying belief that meaningful chang... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Arsenic and Selenium
You should listen to this podcast from Quirks and Quarks about how University of Calgary scientist Judit Smits is trying to use selenium rich lentils from... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
New Papers
Li, Y., Chow, C. C., Courville, A. B., Sumner, A. E. Periwal, V. Modeling glucose and free fatty acid kinetics in glucose and meal tolerance test.... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Selection of the Week
Sorry for the long radio silence. However, I was listening to the radio yesterday and this version of the Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 by JS... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
A Conservative Legal Argument for Gun Control
I am an advocate for gun control because, as I expounded in my previous post, of my inherent belief in the incompetence of all humans. A major impediment to... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Forming a Consistent Political View
In view of the current US presidential election, I think it would be a useful exercise to see if I could form a rational political view that is consistent with... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
The Hazards of Being Obese
One of my favourite contrarian positions is that being overweight is not so bad. I don't truly believe this but I like to use it to point out that although... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Low Carb Diet Study Paper Finally out
Kevin Hall's long awaited paper on what I dubbed "the land sub" experiment, where subjects were sequestered for two months, is finally in print (see here).... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
The Simulation Argument Made Quantitative
Elon Musk, of Space X, Tesla, and Solar City fame, recently mentioned that he thought the the odds of us not living in a simulation were a billion to one. His... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Confusion About Consciousness
I have read two essays in the past month on the brain and consciousness and I think both point to examples of why consciousness per se and the "problem of... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
What Uber Doesn’t Get
You may have heard that ride hailing services Uber and Lyft have pulled out of Austin, TX because they refuse to be regulated. You can read about the details... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
New Paper in PLoS Comp Bio
Shashaank Vattikuti , Phyllis Thangaraj, Hua W. Xie, Stephen J. Gotts, Alex Martin, Carson C. Chow. Canonical Cortical Circuit Model Explains Rivalry,... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Two New Papers
Pradhan MA1, Blackford JA Jr1, Devaiah BN2, Thompson PS2, Chow CC3, Singer DS2, Simons SS Jr4. Kinetically Defined Mechanisms and Positions of Action of Two... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Kevin Hall in the NY Times
Watch Kevin Hall talking about his research on weight regain in the "Biggest Loser" show participants. I was kicked out of my office during the shoot (my offic... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
New Review Paper on GWAS
Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2015 Nov 23;14:28-34Uncovering the Genetic Architectures of Quantitative Traits. Lee JJ, Vattikuti S, Chow CC. Abstract The aim of... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Selection of the Week
The first movement of Beethoven's Violin and Piano Sonata No.5, Op. 24, dubbed the Spring Sonata, played by Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich. I was fortunate... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Selection of the Week
The great Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter playing Beethoven's last piano sonata, No. 32 in C minor, Op 111, which really pushed the boundaries of music at... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
How to Be a Scientific Dilettante
I have worked in a lot of disparate fields from plasma physics, to nonlinear dynamics, to posture control, to neuroscience, to inflammation, to obesity, to... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Chomsky on The Philosopher’s Zone
Listen to MIT Linguistics Professor Noam Chomsky on ABC's radio show The Philosopher's Zone (link here). Even at 87, he is still as razor sharp as ever. I've... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE