Simulated Biology. Real Learning.
// by Eli Meir
There was an interesting news item in the October 9 edition of Nature about applying group theory to scientific authorship by John Whitfield. …
// by Eli Meir
Three weeks ago now (swish, there goes the time) I was at the CCLI conference sponsored by NSF for projects that have received funding from their …
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