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Artificial Intelligence and Finding Human-Like Features in Code

Jacob Monash
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has massive potential to be one of the most revolutionary forces in human history. Besides being the dream of every...
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Can Phenomenon-Based Learning Help Students?

Jacob Monash
Apologies for the slight delay in getting out a blog this last week. Aside from this blog, I also do work as a technical writer. Technical writers,...
How Ready are We for Ready Player One?

How Ready are We for Ready Player One?

Jacob Monash
I woke up one day earlier this week to a text from a friend of mine: “Do yourself a favor and go see Ready Player One in theaters. Don’t miss seein...
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MIT Lighting a SPARC in the Dark?

Jacob Monash
Before I start my actual blog post, I would be remiss to not mention the passing of one greatest, if not the greatest, minds of my lifetime – Steph...
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Have we Discovered How to make Drought-Resistant Crops?

Jacob Monash
There are more than enough reasons to treasure science and to push the envelope towards progress. Some are driven by an insatiable need to personal...
Zika as a Cancer Treatment?

Zika as a Cancer Treatment?

Jacob Monash
As far as I can tell, there haven't been any Earth-shattering scientific discoveries since I wrote my last post (things could have slipped through ...
Liftoff: Falcon Heavy Launch and Hopes for a New Space Race

Liftoff: Falcon Heavy Launch and Hopes for a New Space Race

Jacob Monash
So, in an effort to pull myself back from writing too much about astronomy, I wrote about biology for my last post. I had aspirations to do the sam...
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Exciting Advances in Biology, and Thoughts on Futurism

Jacob Monash
Science is one of the most important endeavors that humans take up. It moves our society forward, pushes boundaries and preconceptions, and can sti...
Bombogenesis – Why the US East Coast became a Winter Wasteland Overnight

Bombogenesis – Why the US East Coast became a Winter Wasteland Overnight

Jacob Monash
First off, I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year! The last couple of months really threw a lot of work my way that unfortunately slowed down t...
How Gravitational Waves Have Changed Astronomy Forever

How Gravitational Waves Have Changed Astronomy Forever

Jacob Monash
GW170817. This jumble of letters and numbers represents one of the most important events in modern astrophysics. It refers to the gravitational-wav...