Biology

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Society Is Fixed, Biology Is Mutable

Scott AlexanderSep 11, 2014, 12:27 AM

49 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)

eukaryoteMay 3, 2021, 3:47 AM

338 points

59 comments8 min readLW link 2 reviews

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Naked mole-rats: A case study in biological weirdness

eukaryoteMay 19, 2019, 6:40 PM

95 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Book Review: Design Principles of Biological Circuits

johnswentworthNov 5, 2019, 6:49 AM

222 points

24 comments12 min readLW link 1 review

Why Yudkowsky is wrong about “covalently bonded equivalents of biology”

titotalDec 6, 2023, 2:09 PM

44 points

41 comments1 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

Immune, In a Nutshell

JsevillamolJan 31, 2022, 11:07 PM

51 points

4 comments17 min readLW link

5. Moral Value for Sentient Animals? Alas, Not Yet

RogerDearnaleyDec 27, 2023, 6:42 AM

33 points

41 comments23 min readLW link

The Living Planet Index: A Case Study in Statistical Pitfalls

Jan_KulveitJun 24, 2024, 10:05 AM

24 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(www.nature.com)

Will the growing deer prion epidemic spread to humans? Why not?

eukaryoteJun 25, 2023, 4:31 AM

170 points

33 comments13 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

How to Make Superbabies

GeneSmith and kman

Feb 19, 2025, 8:39 PM

565 points

327 comments31 min readLW link

LW Biology 101 Introduction: Constraining Anticipation

virtualAdeptMay 25, 2011, 12:32 AM

70 points

29 comments6 min readLW link

The 2021 Less Wrong Darwin Game

lsusrSep 24, 2021, 9:16 PM

162 points

102 comments9 min readLW link

Brain Efficiency: Much More than You Wanted to Know

jacob_cannellJan 6, 2022, 3:38 AM

200 points

103 comments29 min readLW link

What is “protein folding”? A brief explanation

jasoncrawfordDec 1, 2020, 2:46 AM

74 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(rootsofprogress.org)

There is way too much serendipity

MalmesburyJan 19, 2024, 7:37 PM

375 points

56 comments7 min readLW link

Protein Reinforcement and DNA Consequentialism

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 13, 2007, 1:34 AM

62 points

20 comments4 min readLW link

how birds sense magnetic fields

bhauthJun 27, 2024, 6:59 PM

51 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

grey goo is unlikely

bhauthApr 17, 2023, 1:59 AM

158 points

123 comments9 min readLW link 2 reviews

(bhauth.com)

The two-headed bacterium

MalmesburyAug 10, 2021, 3:28 PM

73 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

Digital brains beat biological ones because diffusion is too slow

GeneSmithAug 26, 2023, 2:22 AM

78 points

21 comments5 min readLW link

Assortative Mating And Autism

Scott AlexanderJan 28, 2020, 6:20 PM

50 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Playing the game vs. finding a cheat code

MetacelsusSep 10, 2023, 6:11 PM

32 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

The Talk: a brief explanation of sexual dimorphism

MalmesburySep 18, 2023, 4:23 PM

519 points

75 comments16 min readLW link 3 reviews

Biological DOOM: a brief overview of biological computation

MetacelsusApr 29, 2023, 8:02 PM

53 points

2 comments6 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

What it’s like to dissect a cadaver

Alok SinghNov 10, 2022, 6:40 AM

208 points

24 comments5 min readLW link

(alok.github.io)

Mini advent calendar of Xrisks: synthetic biology

Stuart_ArmstrongDec 4, 2012, 11:15 AM

8 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Stomach Ulcers and Dental Cavities

MetacelsusAug 5, 2023, 2:08 PM

57 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

Fraternal Birth Order Effect and the Maternal Immune Hypothesis

BuckyOct 4, 2023, 9:18 PM

20 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

PCR retrospective

bhauthDec 26, 2024, 9:20 PM

24 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(bhauth.com)

Book review: Why we sleep

Richard_NgoSep 19, 2018, 10:36 PM

51 points

18 comments5 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

[Question] How good are our mouse models (psychology, biology, medicine, etc.), ignoring translation into humans, just in terms of understanding mice? (Same question for drosophila.)

RubyJan 22, 2021, 8:45 PM

60 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review—Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

Vaughn PapenhausenDec 3, 2018, 8:00 AM

36 points

18 comments16 min readLW link

The AI Revolution in Biology

Roman LeventovMay 26, 2024, 9:30 AM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.cognitiverevolution.ai)

[Question] Why is capnometry biofeedback not more widely known?

riceissaDec 21, 2023, 2:42 AM

20 points

22 comments4 min readLW link

Dying Outside

HalFinneyOct 5, 2009, 2:45 AM

401 points

91 comments2 min readLW link

Maybe Antivirals aren’t a Useful Priority for Pandemics?

DavidmanheimJun 20, 2021, 10:04 AM

24 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What does knowing the heritability of a trait tell me in practice?

Kaj_SotalaJul 26, 2021, 4:29 PM

58 points

22 comments4 min readLW link

legged robot scaling laws

bhauthJan 20, 2024, 5:45 AM

34 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

A Confused Chemist’s Review of AlphaFold 2

J BostockSep 27, 2021, 11:10 AM

24 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

[Book Review] “The Vital Question” by Nick Lane

lsusrSep 27, 2021, 10:50 PM

70 points

28 comments5 min readLW link

[Book review] Who we are and how we got here

mukashiSep 30, 2021, 4:26 AM

14 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

2021 Darwin Game—Contestants

lsusrOct 3, 2021, 5:09 AM

70 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

2021 Darwin Game—Tundra

lsusrOct 5, 2021, 5:03 AM

48 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

[Book Review] “I Contain Multitudes” by Ed Yong

J BostockOct 4, 2021, 7:29 PM

12 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

2021 Darwin Game—Desert

lsusrOct 6, 2021, 12:24 AM

37 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

2021 Darwin Game—Ocean

lsusrOct 6, 2021, 1:59 AM

27 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

2021 Darwin Game—Benthic

lsusrOct 6, 2021, 4:39 AM

25 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

2021 Darwin Game—Human Garbage Dump

lsusrOct 6, 2021, 6:31 AM

36 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

2021 Darwin Game—River

lsusrOct 6, 2021, 7:29 AM

30 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

2021 Darwin Game—Everywhere Else

lsusrOct 6, 2021, 8:39 PM

48 points

18 comments6 min readLW link

There aren’t enough smart people in biology doing something boring

Abhishaike MahajanOct 21, 2024, 3:52 PM

27 points

13 comments10 min readLW link

[Book Review] “The Bell Curve” by Charles Murray

lsusrNov 2, 2021, 5:49 AM

94 points

134 comments23 min readLW link

Second-order selection against the immortal

MalmesburyDec 3, 2021, 5:01 AM

45 points

47 comments6 min readLW link

Are big brains for processing sensory input?

lsusrDec 10, 2021, 7:08 AM

42 points

20 comments3 min readLW link

I got dysentery so you don’t have to

eukaryoteOct 22, 2024, 4:55 AM

320 points

6 comments17 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

Why indoor lighting is hard to get right and how to fix it

Richard Korzekwa Oct 28, 2020, 4:46 AM

212 points

54 comments15 min readLW link 1 review

Whence the sexes?

Richard_NgoFeb 13, 2022, 8:40 PM

61 points

35 comments3 min readLW link

(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

Estimating Brain-Equivalent Compute from Image Recognition Algorithms

Gunnar_ZarnckeFeb 27, 2022, 2:45 AM

14 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Scientific Wrestling: Beyond Passive Hypothesis-Testing

adamShimiMar 7, 2022, 12:01 PM

43 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

Theories of Modularity in the Biological Literature

CallumMcDougall, Avery and Lucius Bushnaq

Apr 4, 2022, 12:48 PM

51 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

I Caught Covid And All I Got Was This Lousy Ambiguous Data

ElizabethApr 21, 2022, 7:30 PM

47 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

It’s Probably Not Lithium

NatáliaJun 28, 2022, 9:24 PM

442 points

187 comments28 min readLW link 1 review

Seeking beta readers who are ignorant of biology but knowledgeable about AI safety

Holly_ElmoreJul 27, 2022, 11:02 PM

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Stone Age Herbalist’s notes on ant warfare and slavery

trevorNov 9, 2024, 2:40 AM

32 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(x.com)

Gradient Hacker Design Principles From Biology

johnswentworthSep 1, 2022, 7:03 PM

60 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Straight-edge Warning Against Physical Intimacy

RaphaëllNov 23, 2020, 9:35 PM

17 points

42 comments5 min readLW link

Sequencing Intro II: Adapters

jefftkSep 15, 2022, 3:30 AM

12 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Gene drives: why the wait?

MetacelsusSep 19, 2022, 11:37 PM

125 points

50 comments3 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

Orexin and the quest for more waking hours

ChristianKlSep 24, 2022, 7:54 PM

131 points

39 comments5 min readLW link

Phoenix Rising

MetacelsusMar 9, 2025, 11:53 AM

66 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

We Haven’t Uploaded Worms

jefftkDec 27, 2014, 11:44 AM

156 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

re: Yudkowsky on biological materials

bhauthDec 11, 2023, 1:28 PM

182 points

30 comments5 min readLW link

Institutional economics through the lens of scale-free regulative development, morphogenesis, and cognitive science

Roman LeventovJan 23, 2024, 7:42 PM

8 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

Methods for strong human germline engineering

TsviBTMar 3, 2025, 8:13 AM

147 points

28 comments108 min readLW link

Coordination Problems in Evolution: Eigen’s Paradox

Martin SustrikOct 12, 2018, 12:40 PM

105 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

(250bpm.com)

Mechanisms too simple for humans to design

MalmesburyJan 22, 2025, 4:54 PM

199 points

45 comments15 min readLW link

you should probably eat oatmeal sometimes

bhauthAug 25, 2024, 2:50 PM

42 points

32 comments3 min readLW link

(bhauth.com)

On not getting contaminated by the wrong obesity ideas

NatáliaJan 28, 2023, 8:18 PM

306 points

69 comments30 min readLW link

Pandemic Prediction Checklist: H5N1 (6/14)

DirectedEvolutionFeb 5, 2023, 3:26 AM

50 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

Why Are Bacteria So Simple?

aysjaFeb 6, 2023, 3:00 AM

172 points

33 comments10 min readLW link

What’s Behind the SynBio Bust?

sarahconstantinJan 30, 2025, 10:30 PM

55 points

8 comments6 min readLW link

(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

The Cancer Resolution?

PeterMcCluskeyJul 24, 2024, 12:25 AM

34 points

27 comments6 min readLW link

(bayesianinvestor.com)

Fun With The Tabula Muris (Senis)

sarahconstantinSep 20, 2024, 6:20 PM

25 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(sarahconstantin.substack.com)

Moderately Skeptical of “Risks of Mirror Biology”

DavidmanheimDec 20, 2024, 12:57 PM

32 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

(substack.com)

Twiblings, four-parent babies and other reproductive technology

GeneSmithMay 20, 2023, 5:11 PM

191 points

33 comments6 min readLW link

Coronavirus Virology: A Beginner’s Guide

brookMar 28, 2020, 8:47 PM

25 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

How bad is chlorinated water?

bhauthDec 13, 2023, 6:00 PM

43 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

Seeking suggestions: Less Wrong Biology 101

virtualAdeptMay 20, 2011, 3:28 PM

46 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

Papers on protein design

alexlyzhovMay 27, 2023, 1:18 AM

9 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

in defense of Linus Pauling

bhauthJun 3, 2024, 9:27 PM

49 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

[Question] Why didn’t virologists run the studies necessary to determine which viruses are airborne?

ChristianKlJun 20, 2023, 11:58 AM

28 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

shoes with springs

bhauthDec 30, 2023, 9:46 PM

69 points

9 comments4 min readLW link 2 reviews

(www.bhauth.com)

$250 prize for checking Jake Cannell’s Brain Efficiency

Alexander Gietelink OldenzielApr 26, 2023, 4:21 PM

123 points

170 comments2 min readLW link

Reconsider the anti-cavity bacteria if you are Asian

Lao MeinApr 15, 2024, 7:02 AM

169 points

43 comments4 min readLW link

What is a Sequencing Read?

jefftkOct 25, 2023, 2:10 AM

17 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Case for Human Genetic Engineering

GeneSmithAug 28, 2020, 10:21 PM

51 points

19 comments12 min readLW link

Evolution of Modularity

johnswentworthNov 14, 2019, 6:49 AM

185 points

12 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Could we breed/engineer intelligent parrots?

lemonhopeAug 2, 2023, 7:32 AM

9 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

The Greatest Host

trentbrickMay 10, 2020, 8:28 PM

33 points

8 comments14 min readLW link

on bacteria, on teeth

bhauthSep 30, 2024, 3:56 PM

62 points

9 comments6 min readLW link

(bhauth.com)

Legalize butanol?

bhauthDec 20, 2023, 2:24 PM

39 points

20 comments5 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

Optical Illusions are Out of Distribution Errors

vitaliyaAug 15, 2023, 2:23 AM

30 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Aaron Silverbook on anti-cavity bacteria

DanielFilanNov 20, 2023, 3:06 AM

31 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

introduction to cancer vaccines

bhauthMay 5, 2024, 1:06 AM

113 points

19 comments5 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

Sequencing Intro

jefftkAug 29, 2022, 5:50 PM

39 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Do bamboos set themselves on fire?

MalmesburySep 19, 2022, 3:34 PM

170 points

14 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Does biology reliably find the global maximum, or at least get close?

Noosphere89Oct 10, 2022, 8:55 PM

24 points

71 comments1 min readLW link

What is epigenetics?

MetacelsusNov 6, 2022, 1:24 AM

78 points

4 comments6 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

The limited upside of interpretability

Peter S. ParkNov 15, 2022, 6:46 PM

13 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Unpacking “Shard Theory” as Hunch, Question, Theory, and Insight

Jacy Reese AnthisNov 16, 2022, 1:54 PM

31 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Epigenetics of the mammalian germline

MetacelsusDec 23, 2022, 3:21 PM

37 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

Building a transhumanist future: 15 years of hplusroadmap, now Discord

kanzureJan 17, 2023, 9:17 PM

42 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

Bioinformatics 101

iy3dJan 22, 2023, 2:36 AM

5 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Why I’m Skeptical of De-Extinction

Niko_McCartyFeb 23, 2023, 7:42 PM

16 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

(cell.substack.com)

The Ogdoad

Tristan MianoMar 5, 2023, 8:01 PM

−15 points

1 comment37 min readLW link

[Question] Has Eliezer ever retracted his statements about weight loss?

CheerfulWarriorOct 14, 2020, 7:04 PM

−14 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

The Limits of Artificial Consciousness: A Biology-Based Critique of Chalmers’ Fading Qualia Argument

Štěpán LosDec 17, 2023, 7:11 PM

−6 points

9 comments17 min readLW link

Smart people should do biology

HaotianDec 5, 2024, 7:11 PM

11 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

AI’s impact on biology research: Part I, today

octopoctaDec 23, 2023, 4:29 PM

31 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

A primer on why computational predictive toxicology is hard

Abhishaike MahajanAug 19, 2024, 5:16 PM

63 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Apply to the 2024 PIBBSS Summer Research Fellowship

Nora_Ammann, DusanDNesic and Lucas Teixeira

Jan 12, 2024, 4:06 AM

39 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

A primer on the current state of longevity research

Abhishaike MahajanAug 22, 2024, 5:14 PM

109 points

6 comments14 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Can AI improve the current state of molecular simulation?

Abhishaike MahajanDec 6, 2024, 8:22 PM

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Day Zero Antivirals for Future Pandemics

Niko_McCartyAug 26, 2024, 3:18 PM

22 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

Things I learned talking to the new breed of scientific institution

Abhishaike MahajanAug 29, 2024, 2:00 PM

42 points

6 comments14 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

[Question] How to accelerate recovery from sleep debt with biohacking?

exanovaApr 10, 2024, 1:27 AM

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

A primer on the next generation of antibodies

Abhishaike MahajanSep 1, 2024, 10:37 PM

25 points

0 comments19 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

[Question] Why don’t we just get rid of all the bioethicists?

SableJun 8, 2024, 3:48 AM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

The Dangers of Mirrored Life

Niko_McCarty and fin

Dec 12, 2024, 8:58 PM

119 points

8 comments29 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

Fictional parasites very different from our own

Abhishaike MahajanSep 8, 2024, 2:59 PM

25 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

I’m a bit skeptical of AlphaFold 3

Oleg TrottJun 25, 2024, 12:04 AM

87 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Sex, Death, and Complexity

Zero ContradictionsJul 25, 2024, 9:22 PM

0 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Can o1-preview find major mistakes amongst 59 NeurIPS ’24 MLSB papers?

Abhishaike MahajanDec 18, 2024, 2:21 PM

19 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Generative ML in chemistry is bottlenecked by synthesis

Abhishaike MahajanSep 16, 2024, 4:31 PM

38 points

2 comments14 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Longevity: A critical look at “Loss of epigenetic information as a cause of mammalian aging”

Anna CrowJul 24, 2024, 1:40 AM

14 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

A primer on machine learning in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM)

Abhishaike MahajanDec 22, 2024, 3:11 PM

18 points

0 comments25 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Making Eggs Without Ovaries

Niko_McCarty and Metacelsus

Sep 22, 2024, 5:44 PM

58 points

3 comments16 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

A primer on ML in antibody engineering

Abhishaike MahajanSep 23, 2024, 5:03 PM

11 points

0 comments25 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Models of life

Abhishaike MahajanSep 29, 2024, 7:24 PM

8 points

0 comments16 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

To Be Born in a Bag

Niko_McCartyOct 6, 2024, 5:21 PM

19 points

1 comment16 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

Super human AI is a very low hanging fruit!

HznDec 26, 2024, 7:00 PM

−4 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

The unreasonable effectiveness of plasmid sequencing as a service

Abhishaike MahajanOct 8, 2024, 2:02 AM

23 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Patterns or getting to Objective Truth – A thought piece on Artificial Intelligence

Thehumanproject.aiOct 20, 2024, 4:45 PM

1 point

0 comments8 min readLW link

Patterns or getting to Objective Truth – A thought piece on Artificial Intelligence

Thehumanproject.aiOct 20, 2024, 4:45 PM

1 point

0 comments8 min readLW link

NAO Updates, Fall 2024

jefftkOct 18, 2024, 12:00 AM

32 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(naobservatory.org)

Levers for Biological Progress—A Response to “Machines of Loving Grace”

Niko_McCartyNov 1, 2024, 4:35 PM

15 points

0 comments20 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

Why Recursion Pharmaceuticals abandoned cell painting for brightfield imaging

Abhishaike MahajanNov 5, 2024, 2:51 PM

29 points

1 comment18 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Genetically edited mosquitoes haven’t scaled yet. Why?

alexeyDec 30, 2024, 9:37 PM

24 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(eryney.substack.com)

My Experience With A Magnet Implant

ValeJan 7, 2025, 3:01 AM

9 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(vale.rocks)

Why modelling multi-objective homeostasis is essential for AI alignment (and how it helps with AI safety as well)

Roland PihlakasJan 12, 2025, 3:37 AM

46 points

7 comments10 min readLW link

Better antibodies by engineering targets, not engineering antibodies (Nabla Bio)

Abhishaike MahajanJan 13, 2025, 3:05 PM

4 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Is there such a thing as an impossible protein?

Abhishaike MahajanJan 24, 2025, 5:12 PM

15 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

(www.owlposting.com)

Notable runaway-optimiser-like LLM failure modes on Biologically and Economically aligned AI safety benchmarks for LLMs with simplified observation format

Roland Pihlakas, Sruthi Kuriakose and shrutidattagupta

Mar 16, 2025, 11:23 PM

36 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

The Universal Lockpick Hypothesis: A Structural Vulnerability of All Life

Cole HolinMar 23, 2025, 7:27 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Correcting a misconception: consciousness does not need 90 billion neurons, at all

bvbvbvbvbvbvbvbvbvbvbvMar 31, 2023, 4:02 PM

21 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

My experience getting funding for my biological research

MetacelsusApr 16, 2023, 10:53 PM

77 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

Green goo is plausible

anithiteApr 18, 2023, 12:04 AM

62 points

31 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

Wastewater RNA Read Lengths

jefftkNov 10, 2023, 3:20 PM

13 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The dangers of reproducing while old

garymmNov 17, 2023, 5:55 AM

23 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

(www.garymm.org)

Paper out now on creatine and cognitive performance

FabienneNov 26, 2023, 10:58 AM

59 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Black Box Biology

GeneSmithNov 29, 2023, 2:27 AM

65 points

30 comments2 min readLW link

A call for a quantitative report card for AI bioterrorism threat models

JunoDec 4, 2023, 6:35 AM

12 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Are parasitic worms an effective weapon against MS?

DemeterJul 23, 2020, 1:59 PM

31 points

11 comments9 min readLW link

Are AIs like Animals? Perspectives and Strategies from Biology

Jackson EmanuelMay 16, 2023, 11:39 PM

1 point

0 comments21 min readLW link

Historical mathematicians exhibit a birth order effect too

Eli TyreAug 21, 2018, 1:52 AM

146 points

20 comments6 min readLW link 2 reviews

Can the Chain Still Hold You?

lukeprogJan 13, 2012, 1:28 AM

215 points

361 comments4 min readLW link

Hedonic asymmetries

paulfchristianoJan 26, 2020, 2:10 AM

98 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Introducing the Longevity Research Institute

sarahconstantinDec 14, 2018, 8:20 PM

79 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Bioinfohazards

SpiracularSep 17, 2019, 2:41 AM

87 points

14 comments18 min readLW link 2 reviews

Zetetic explanation

BenquoAug 27, 2018, 12:12 AM

95 points

138 comments6 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Experiences in applying “The Biodeterminist’s Guide to Parenting”

juliawiseJul 17, 2015, 7:19 PM

124 points

34 comments9 min readLW link

Global insect declines: Why aren’t we all dead yet?

eukaryoteApr 1, 2018, 8:38 PM

28 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

Reframing the evolutionary benefit of sex

paulfchristianoSep 14, 2019, 5:00 PM

92 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Notes From an Apocalypse

ToggleSep 22, 2017, 5:10 AM

59 points

24 comments14 min readLW link

How special are human brains among animal brains?

zhukeepaApr 1, 2020, 1:35 AM

79 points

38 comments7 min readLW link

The E-Coli Test for AI Alignment

johnswentworthDec 16, 2018, 8:10 AM

70 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Might humans not be the most intelligent animals?

Matthew BarnettDec 23, 2019, 9:50 PM

56 points

41 comments3 min readLW link

What is up with carbon dioxide and cognition? An offer

paulfchristianoApr 23, 2016, 5:47 PM

84 points

48 comments2 min readLW link

Cephaloponderings

Jacob FalkovichAug 4, 2019, 4:45 PM

39 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

Biodiversity for heretics

eukaryoteMay 27, 2018, 1:37 PM

14 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

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RaemonDec 10, 2018, 10:50 AM

44 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Solving sleep: just a toe-dipping

CaplaJun 30, 2015, 7:38 PM

63 points

34 comments4 min readLW link

Beware of Stephen J. Gould

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 6, 2007, 5:22 AM

60 points

80 comments6 min readLW link

What Uniparental Disomy Tells Us About Improper Imprinting in Humans

MorpheusMar 28, 2025, 11:24 AM

22 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Group selection update

PhilGoetzNov 1, 2010, 4:51 PM

49 points

68 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Applications of Economic Models to Physiology?

johnswentworthDec 10, 2019, 6:09 PM

38 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why do humans not have built-in neural i/o channels?

Richard_NgoAug 8, 2019, 1:09 PM

25 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Biosafety Regulations (BMBL) and their relevance for AI

Štěpán LosJun 29, 2023, 7:22 PM

4 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

SRG 4: Biological Cognition, BCIs, Organizations

KatjaGraceOct 7, 2014, 1:00 AM

14 points

139 comments5 min readLW link

“Concepts of Agency in Biology” (Okasha, 2023) - Brief Paper Summary

Nora_AmmannJul 8, 2023, 6:22 PM

40 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

Reframing Evolution—An information wavefront traveling through time

Joshua ClancyJul 10, 2023, 10:36 PM

1 point

0 comments5 min readLW link

(midflip.org)

Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences (Why Big Data is not enough to capture biological systems?)

HansNaujJan 15, 2020, 1:59 AM

6 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

More Questions about Trees

digital_carverOct 9, 2020, 8:35 AM

3 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(bit-player.org)

Cellular respiration as a steam engine

dkl9Feb 25, 2024, 8:17 PM

24 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

Now is the time to eliminate mosquitoes

James_MillerAug 6, 2016, 7:10 PM

33 points

89 comments1 min readLW link

An Introduction to Me

AlithyInfinityAug 24, 2023, 4:45 PM

0 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Invading Australia (Endless Formerlies Most Beautiful, or What I Learned On My Holiday)

Oliver SourbutSep 8, 2023, 3:33 PM

12 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

(www.oliversourbut.net)

Inhibition and the Mind

AnnoyanceMay 21, 2009, 5:34 PM

10 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

Homogeneity vs. heterogeneity (or, What kind of sex is most moral?)

PhilGoetzMay 22, 2009, 11:25 PM

−6 points

79 comments2 min readLW link

[Linkpost] AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology

adamShimiNov 30, 2020, 5:33 PM

54 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

(deepmind.com)

Will no one rid me of this turbulent pest?

MetacelsusOct 14, 2023, 3:27 PM

154 points

23 comments10 min readLW link

(denovo.substack.com)

Germs and Politics

Savio CoelhoMar 1, 2021, 9:57 PM

1 point

1 comment10 min readLW link

Notes on “Bioterror and Biowarfare” (2006)

MichaelAMar 2, 2021, 12:43 AM

10 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

Will Martian G be enough to make healthy baseline babies?

Randomized, ControlledMar 9, 2021, 3:30 AM

4 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Biological Holism: A New Paradigm?

WaddingtonMay 9, 2021, 10:42 PM

4 points

9 comments19 min readLW link

Alcohol, health, and the ruthless logic of the Asian flush

dynomightJun 4, 2021, 6:14 PM

149 points

45 comments1 min readLW link

(dynomight.net)

Quantum particles and classical filaments

From_Branes_to_BrainsSep 4, 2021, 9:45 PM

11 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Elephant seal 2

KatjaGraceFeb 2, 2021, 9:40 AM

60 points

8 comments1 min readLW link 2 reviews

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Activated Charcoal for Hangover Prevention: Way more than you wanted to know

Maxwell PetersonJan 10, 2022, 7:26 PM

86 points

31 comments31 min readLW link 1 review

Nature’s answer to the explore/exploit problem

lizard_brainApr 8, 2022, 5:13 AM

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

A Brief Excursion Into Molecular Neuroscience

JanApr 10, 2022, 5:55 PM

48 points

8 comments19 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

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