How do you compute 7 1/4 minus 3/4, and what does your method say about you (at least according to some people in early 19th century Germany)? See my latest Mathematical Enchantments essay: mathenchant.wordpress.com/2024/04/17/jew…

'Primary carcinoma of the lung is occasionally seen as a round, well-defined opacity about the size of a florin.'

maybe shouldn't read a TB histology paper while eating pizza

Amen. When I interviewed at Bell Labs at the end of graduate school, I was asked to prepare a 45 min talk that took me 90 min to deliver -- thanks to all the interrupting questions and debate that ensued. It was fantastic! It meant that they cared, and they pushed me in…

When MDs attempt to be scholarly in a journal article

Grateful for Dept. of Agriculture to finally share some #H5N1 flu virus sequences from a few of the cats in the ongoing / widespread outbreak in the food supply across the US (dairy, poultry)

Very oddly, they have chosen to hide the location of infected cats and when viruses were collected. No…

💯 to this conclusion (and the rest of the piece). DIY microbiome hackers have an opportunity to demonstrate a more nimble clinical trial process and are instead choosing the path of wellness scams. But there's still time to change course.

Been a while since I've seen a book cover go this hard

Can we do this for humans too

Does anyone have leads on a cheese and parsley sausage anywhere within 90 miles of Seattle?

Watching one of the most accomplished and credentialed infectious disease fighters in the US steadily lose his shit over our H5N1 response is sad, frustrating, and gratifying at the same time.

Lotta jerks on the road today

Develop new algorithms as a PhD student: $30k/year
Use pre-built sklearn models as a data scientist: $120k/year
Build regression models in excel as a hedge fund analyst: $200k/year
Make pie charts as a CEO: $14 million/year