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Ideas in motion.

Essays on intelligent machines, engineering, science, and the questions that stay interesting after the code works.

AI · Robotics · Systems · Science

The Spark: How Chemistry Learned to Live

Abiogenesis is the biggest open problem in biology, and the last few years have been some of the field's best. Asteroid samples, the handedness of your own molecules, protocells nobody designed, and a short list of nearby worlds where it might have happened twice.

Jul 11, 2026 / 17 min read

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Oct 02, 2025

The Small World Problem: We are more close than you may think!

Exploring the surprising closeness of human connections through the lens of the small world problem.

Oct 02, 2025 / 4 min read

network · internet · society · philosophy

4 min read

Sep 29, 2025

Life Beyond Earth : The Stunning Evidence from Mars Ancient Lakebeds

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered the most compelling evidence yet of ancient microbial life on Mars, hidden within a rock formation called Cheyava Falls that displays intriguing 'leopard spot' patterns.

Sep 29, 2025 / 7 min read

mars · astrobiology · space exploration · nasa

7 min read

Aug 19, 2025

Understanding Large Language Models: Foundational Concepts everyone in 2025 should know

An easy to understand friendly introduction to machine learning, LLMs, tokenization, and modern prompting techniques, geared for building impactful AI-powered software.

Aug 19, 2025 / 13 min read

Machine Learning · AI · LLM · Langchain

13 min read