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A future obscured by exponential growth
A couple months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I think most of us realised how hard it is to comprehend the phenomenon of exponential growth. Mathematically, it’s trivial – a geometric progression – but more physically, the difference between linear and … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19 epidemic, COVID-19 pandemic, exponential growth, Factorio, Homo sapiens, logistics, MachinePix, predicting the future, quality control, rotary screen printer, supply chain management, technology, wheat and chessboard problem
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Lab test to check for beef works best if meat is uncooked
The technique used to check for a meat’s origins works best when the meat is raw and worst when it is pan-fried. Continue reading
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Tagged beef, cow meat, DNA, DNA polymerase, exponential growth, fluorescence, nucleotides, polymerase chain reaction, Taq polymerase, thermal cycler
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