Rashid's Blog: A Place for Inquisitive Souls

Not just on the basis of what you publish, but on what you contribute to the major AI models.  So if you go to a major archive and, in some manner, …

How tenure should be granted, circa 2024

Our planet, the only one we have, has been around for 4.54 billion years (4,540,000,000,000 years). The very first proto-humans emerged around …

Our Fragile Moment, by Michael Mann #BookReview.

Once again, the Gulf Coast is bracing for a hurricane. My son and daughter-in-law live in Baton Rouge, so they are bracing for landfall. I know …

Global Warming Impact: Increased Hurricane Frequency Worries Baton Rouge Family

The full title of this paper is “Pervasive findings of directional selection realize the promise of ancient DNA to elucidate human adaptation.”  It …

How has human DNA evolved?