Some genetic non-sense about nonsense genes

T he April 12 issue of Nature has a research report and a main article about what is basically presented as the discovery that people typic...

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The (bad) luck of the draw; more evidence

A while back, Vogelstein and Tomasetti (V-T) published a paper in  Science  in which it was argued that most cancers cannot be attributed ...

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Another look at 'complexity'

A fascinating and clear description of one contemporary problem of sciences involved in 'complexity' can be found in an excellent d...

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"The Blizzard of 2016" and predictability: Part III: When is a health prediction 'precise' enough?

W e've discussed the use of data and models to predict the weather in the last few days ( here and here ).  We've lauded the succes...

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"The Blizzard of 2016" and predictability: Part II: When is a prediction a good one? When is it good enough?

W eather forecasts require the prediction of many different parameter values.  These include temperature, wind at the ground and aloft (wind...

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"The Blizzard of 2016" and predictability: Part I--the value of prediction

M ark Twain famously quipped, "Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it." But these days, that's fa...

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