LHC booted up

Only one sunset so far tonight so it seems the LHC start up hasn't brought about the end of the world yet.

Water bears: not big, not pretty, but pretty tough

Another IT approach to solving biological enigmas. We're starting to  untangle the deep informational structure of the global genome. I can't help thinking again that these tools will also lead to AI breakthoroughs, the potential is breathtaking. 

August news

Modularity and abstraction in a computer language? Its about time! Deep Thought not far away.

A robot controlled by artificial brain built from rat neurons. I wonder who got to say "its aliivve!"

Walpiri people here in Australia also fascinatingly have no words for numbers, yet they can count.

Dung beetles evolving