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Demystifying sports analytics: how data has changed the game

Riley Thoen — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:23:32 +0000

It’s fourth down with seven minutes left in the fourth quarter. Your favorite team has the ball on their 40-yard line, with 6 yards to go for a first down. They’re down by a touchdown; it’s an obvious punting situation, so you go to grab some more wings anticipating a commercial break. “They’re going for …

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Fossilized Ebola is Hiding in Your Pet Hamster's DNA!

Max Barnhart — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 21:10:43 +0000

Ebolavirus is one of the most infamous disease causing pathogens of the modern era. The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was the largest outbreak of ebolavirus to date, with over 28,000 suspected cases and 11,000 deaths. Ebolavirus is just one member of the Filoviridae virus family. These viruses are colloquially referred to as Filoviruses …

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From Social Stigma to Health Sensor: Scientific Tattooing

athenssciencecafe — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 18:03:15 +0000

Tattoos, the artistic insertion of pigment into the skin as a form of body modification, has been around for quite a while, with the earliest preserved example from around 3300 BC. These tattoos comes from Ã–tzi the Iceman, a preserved human found in the Alps between Austria and Italy in 1991. The tattoos were of …

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