Science Blogs

Thoughts from the intersection of science, pseudoscience, and conflict by Jennifer Raff.

Why does the practice of mathematics often fall short of our ideals and hopes? How can the deeply human themes that drive us to do mathematics be channeled to build a more beautiful and just world in which all can truly flourish? I gave this Retiring Presidential Address at the AMS-MAA Joint Winter Meetings on January 6, 2017 at the end of my term as President of the Mathematical Association of America. - By Francis Su.

A blog about math and teaching by Professor Piper Harron at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Quantum computing is real. But it’s also hard. So hard that only a few developers, usually trained in quantum physics, advanced mathematics, or most likely both, can actually work with the few quantum computers that exist. Now D-Wave, the Canadian company behind the quantum computer that Google and NASA have been testing since 2013, wants to make quantum computing a bit easier through the power of open source software.

A group blog on Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science led by Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science and director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University.

A new custom-designed data analysis and visualization platform lets the New York City mayor's office visualize the city in real-time across dozens of agencies.d

I’m Mike Croucher, a Research Software Engineer at The University of Sheffield and employee number one of their Open Data Science Initiative. Before this I was Head of Scientific Applications Software Support at The University of Manchester. I am also a Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute. The common thread that binds these roles together is that I work with researchers to help them write better code using the best hardware and software tools we have available.

In this blog I write about things that I find interesting, useful or, ideally, both. It is my hope that others find them interesting and useful too.

Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science.

My name is Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert. I’ve just completed a PhD degree with a concentration in compiler design at the Université de Montréal. My thesis was focused on Just-In-Time (JIT) machine code optimization techniques for dynamic programming languages (e.g.: JavaScript, Python, etc.). I’m also interested in programming language design, machine learning, 3D rendering, game development, music, sound synthesis, microcontrollers and electronics. This blog is an outlet for me to talk about my research, technological interests, hobbies and ideas. Most of my recent programming work is open source and available on GitHub.

KDnuggets is a leading site on Business Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science, and is managed by Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, a leading expert in the field.

Stochastic thoughts on science, testing, and programming.

A blog by Garry Hayes, a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College, in Modesto, California, and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. Garry blogs about geology, largely in and around California.

R-Bloggers is an aggregator website where you will find daily news and tutorials about the R statistical computing software for statistics, data science, and more, contributed by over 573 bloggers.

We all begin life as scientists. As little children, we observe, we discover, we ask questions, we form hypotheses, we test them. Real Scientists is about the people who never stopped asking. Real Scientists (@realscientists) is a rotational Twitter account featuring scientists, researchers, clinicians, writers, communicators and policy makers talking about their lives and their work.

Cocktail Party Physics is a science-and-culture blog by Jennifer Ouellette that aims to create a salon-like virtual space highlighting the latest news and ideas in science -- with a twist.

The development of quantum mechanics in the first decades of the twentieth century came as a shock to many physicists. Today, despite the great successes of quantum mechanics, arguments continue about its meaning, and its future.

An article in The New York Review of Books by Steven Weinberg.

An article and complementary website on how to visualize event sequences as timelines by Matthew Brehmer and others from the InfoVis Group at the UBC Department of computer science.

A blog with amazing infographics about chemistry by Andy Brunning, a chemistry teacher based in Cambridge, UK.

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself. An article by Amanda Gefter.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is one of the nation’s oldest physical science laboratories. Taking Measure is a blog covering research and related work by NIST scientists.