October 12, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Friday – Artificial Intelligence, Big Weather Data, Walking Dead, Hemlock Extinction, Walking to School, and more.

Enjoy the latest Video of the Week! - Samuel Johnston – WeatherSignal: Big Data meets Forecasting - Seth Baum – Our Final Invention: Is AI The Defining Issue for Humanity?

By Bora Zivkovic

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Enjoy the latest Video of the Week!

- Samuel Johnston - WeatherSignal: Big Data meets Forecasting

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- Kyle Hill - The Walking Dead Shuffles Into Science Education With Bolts, Brains, and a Physics Quiz

- John R. Platt - Hemlock Extinction Looms over Tennessee Forests

- Scott Huler - Walking to School with the Police

- Melissa C. Lott - Photo Friday: Looking at Light – The Spectral Goniophotometer

- Bora Zivkovic - Bora’s Picks (October 1th, 2013)

- Carin Bondar - I F*#cking Love Science Live: Celebrating Science on a Whole New Level

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- Jen Christiansen - The Best American Infographics

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