Day 13, Mat194: Mathematical Sciences Seminar

Today:

• Announcements:
  • A reminder to be thinking about your final "presentation".

  • We have only one topic left, next week; then I'll give you some marching orders in our last week, for posting and responding to others presentations.

• This week:
  • We travel from "What do I want to do with my life?" to "What would an ant tell me to do with my life?" Well, not exactly; but the nature's smallest voices may have some lessons for us, if we only allow ourselves to listen.

  • Please join the on-line discussion on Canvas.

• Links:
  • a pdf version of Let Us Now Praise Tiny Ants
  • a pdf version of What Bears Can Teach Us About Our Exercise Habits
  • a pdf version of Animal Planet: An ambitious new system will track scores of species space from shedding light, scientists hope, on the lingering mysteries of animal movement.
  • a pdf version of My most memorable mentors? Plants: To nurture a thriving scientific community, look to the natural world for ideas.
  • Robo-writers: the rise and risks of language-generating AI: A remarkable AI can write humans like but with no understanding of what it's saying.