How Do You Spell Behavior? At Darwin’s Dogs, We Use Gs, Cs, Ts, and As.

by Joshua | Oct 1, 2016 | October 2016, Sciences, Other Topics

There are approximately 3 billion bases—represented by the letters G, C, T, or A—in a dog genome. A majority of these are the same across all dogs—these are the bits of DNA that make your dog a dog. But what makes your dog an individual? What makes your dog different...

Stats Trek II: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

by Joshua | Oct 1, 2016 | October 2016, Sciences, Other Topics

Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” – Mark...