Links for 2022-06-14
A Cancer Trial’s Unexpected Result: Remission in Every Patient https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/health/rectal-cancer-checkpoint-inhibitor.html
“A machine-learning method imagines what a sentence visually looks like, to situate and ground its semantics in the real world, improving translation, like humans can.” https://news.mit.edu/2022/hallucinating-better-text-translation-0606
AI is ushering in a new scientific revolution by making remarkable breakthroughs in a number of fields, unlocking new approaches to science, and accelerating the pace of science and innovation. https://thegradientpub.substack.com/p/ai-is-ushering-in-a-new-scientific?s=r
The ʻOumuamua Paradox and the Nature of Interstellar Objects https://www.metaculus.com/notebooks/8812/the-%25CA%25BBoumuamua-paradox-and-the-nature-of-interstellar-objects/
"If we find in subsequent research that the codon indeed has a causal effect on protein folding, this is likely to have a huge impact on our understanding of protein folding, as well as on future applications, such as engineering new proteins." https://www.jpost.com/science/article-708574
“Well north of Iceland there is a island archipelago that is governed by Norway but because of a peculiar treaty it has entirely open borders.” https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/08/open-borders-in-svalbard.html
“The Apollo program had a long term plan for space exploration. If funding had remained at 1969 levels, NASA would have planned a Moon orbiting station within 1978, a lunar surface base within 1980, and a crewed mission to Mars in 1981 or 1983” https://www.thespacereview.com/article/507/1
Age of Invention: Why wasn't the Steam Engine Invented Earlier? Part I https://antonhowes.substack.com/p/age-of-invention-why-wasnt-the-steam?s=r