Samuel arbesman
3 articles-
Why Our Genome and Technology Are Both Riddled With “Crawling Horrors”
“Add little to little and there will be a big pile.” —Ovid Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . When we build complex technologies, despite our best efforts and our desire for clean logic, they often end up being far messier than we intend. They often end up kluges: inelegant solutions […] -
If You Were a Secret Message, Where in the Human Genome Would You Hide?
Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) uses the VLA (Very Large Array) to look for alien signals. But that’s not the only way. Warner Brothers Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . When people think about SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, they imagine messages sent via radio—Jodie Foster tuning antennas, hoping […] -
Certainly Not!
Good science requires cultivating doubt and finding pleasure in mystery.