The Natural Philosopher Apr 112 minSupernormal Neural NetworksBy Conor Doolin The brain is an extremely complex system that can perform a huge variety of tasks. Deep learning systems use data and...
The Natural Philosopher Oct 9, 20214 minThe Association of Color and EmotionBy Marlena Tyldesley In 2019, a Swiss team of data analysts and computer scientists set out to better understand the relationships we...
The Natural Philosopher Mar 9, 20214 minArt Ex MachinaArt by Jake Upton By Will Jeffries Visual art has been a deep-rooted creative outlet in humans for tens of thousands of years, and this...
The Natural Philosopher Mar 8, 20213 minThe Art of Data VisualizationArt by Jake Upton By Kayla Downs Graphs and other figures are critical to understanding complex scientific concepts, trends, and data....
The Natural Philosopher Mar 8, 20213 minThe Mathematical Beauty in FlowersArt by Jake Upton By Alice Blake Most people believe nature to be beautiful. The beauty that we see in nature is what drives us to buy...
The Natural Philosopher Oct 10, 20203 minSpacetime According to String TheoryBy Alice Blake Have you ever thought about whether the universe is united by fundamental laws of physics? Whether anything unites how...
The Natural Philosopher Mar 24, 20193 minThe Gender Gap in Science, and the Falsehoods that Keep it Around By Nick Fontaine Think of a stereotypical mathematician or engineer: it’s probably a man right? This isn’t a bad assumption, as the...
The Natural Philosopher Dec 8, 20182 minHarvard Scientists Hint at the Possibility of Aliens having Visited Our Solar SystemBy Michelle Wheater On October 19, 2017, an asteroid from interstellar space passed by Earth. The asteroid, named ‘Oumuamua is the first...
The Natural Philosopher Dec 8, 20184 minThe ABC Conjecture or, Why Do Mathematicians Seem to Like to Waste Their Time?By Joe Wills My nomination for the best overlooked development actually started six years ago. In 2012, a Japanese mathematician named...
The Natural Philosopher Oct 13, 20183 minBig Data for Big Climate ChangeBy Joseph Wills You may not have ever heard of Big Data, but you’ve definitely used it. The term “Big Data” refers to the application of...
The Natural Philosopher Oct 13, 20183 minGlaciers and Chaos as Tools for Addressing Climate ChangeBy Cai McCann Undoubtedly, climate change means significant changes in climate patterns. What’s the first idea that comes to mind with...