Tess Kornfield
@scyspy
Data scientist. Lover of neuroscience & biology, public policy, urbanism, biking, & nature. Living in the futurelands.
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These fish turn their eyes black to show that they're mad. Their eyes are usually silver, but black is the default color. They’re constantly suppressing that darkness, and then releasing it when it’s time for a fight Nature is METAL. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
theatlantic.com
This Fish’s Eyes Turn Black When It Gets Mad
Guppies have silver eyes, but when they’re ready for a fight, their irises go dark. An experiment with robots shows why.
Patriotism isn't about making everyone stand and salute the flag. Patriotism is about making this a country where everyone wants to.
Why today's art so often explores dystopia: A sharp @doctorow post, by way of @GreatDismal -- boingboing.net/2017/08/04/sky…
Avocado toast: draining savings accounts since 1927
Is it better to have a hackable ethical robot or a non-ethical robot? asks @alan_winfield #CFIConf
Why numbers are sometimes better than words. What people think you say “almost certainly", “probably", or “highly unlikely”.
Hypervelocity impact sample 💥 When a ~1/2" diam. Al ball impacts a 7" thick Al block @ 15k mph, simulating space debris hitting a spacecraft
"If South Asians show up at all in our most acclaimed films, they often remain exotic, mystical others." #Oscars theestablishment.co/my-oscar-dream…
There's PhD defense flyers and then there's PhD defense flyers.
Yale historian: We have a year at most to defend American democracy from Trump, perhaps less. international.sueddeutsche.de/post/157058066…
"It’s about what animals see reflected in the mirror. It's also about what we see of ourselves reflected in animals" theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
theatlantic.com
What Mirrors Tell Us About Animal Minds
… including our own.
One example of how the immigration ban hurts American data science (Jupyter project). Thanks, @realDonaldTrump! blog.jupyter.org/2017/01/31/ope…
I am loving all these excellent submissions for the @RogueNASA logo.
As beautiful as the planet is, we could use a better pic. Could one of you kind souls make us a logo? (I'm a scientist, not an artist.)
Of the Trump voters surveyed, 1 in 7 said that the image on the left had more people in it. washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-ca…
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