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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.
abiogenesis · origin of life · astrobiology · chemistry
Exploring the surprising closeness of human connections through the lens of the small world problem.
network · internet · society · philosophy
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.
mars · astrobiology · space exploration · nasa
An easy to understand friendly introduction to machine learning, LLMs, tokenization, and modern prompting techniques, geared for building impactful AI-powered software.
Machine Learning · AI · LLM · Langchain