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Matt Shipman
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Writer. Mostly about science, tech and health. Periodically about food and pop culture. Based in NC. Let’s make the South better, y’all. (he/him) My book on science PR: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo18768107.html
This story about Devo and Chi Chi Rodriguez(!) is outstanding. Bon appetit, my fellow pop culture nerds! #music #golf #PopCulture #Punk
https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/08/25/golf-music-casale-mothersbaugh
For years I’ve made playlists to listen to while cooking. I have separate playlists for metal and soul music, but pretty much everything else goes here. I just merged them all.
You may like it, too. So here you go.
#music #playlist #playlists
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ka7zBwXueS8Uj0caUUzsi?si=xhNxM-nUQ32k1n0rqmIECg&pi=u-R_dmZ81fRtCT
There's a lot of info out there on generative AI tools. But I haven't seen many that give an overview of: AI's limitations; problems to look out for; and liability issues users should be aware of. So I wrote one.
Take a look.
Pass it on.
Let me know what you think.
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #ChatGPT #writing #editing #art #GenerativeAI
https://medium.com/@shiplives/can-ai-do-that-the-challenges-limitations-and-opportunities-of-generative-ai-a1e3c0e0bc00
My toxic trait is a compulsion to make playlists. And since it's shaping up to be a warm weekend in my neck of the woods, that means it's time to share my "warm weather is back" playlist. #Music #Playlist #Summer https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lwQ0F7AK1lAuJ9BoNTUXV?si=2b5115f2983a4b6c
TL;DR: Human guts are much weirder than we thought they were. And it is amazing how little we still know about our own bodies.
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If you want to read all the nitty-gritty details about this (re)discovery of just how different human guts can be, you can find the full (#OpenAccess) paper here: https://peerj.com/articles/15148/
Hidden diversity: comparative functional morphology of humans and other species
Gastrointestinal (GI) morphology plays an important role in nutrition, health, and epidemiology; yet limited data on GI variation have been collected since 1885. Here we demonstrate that students can collect reliable data sets on gut morphology; when they do, they reveal greater morphological variation for some structures in the GI tract than has been documented in the published literature. We discuss trait variability both within and among species, and the implications of that variability for evolution and epidemiology. Our results show that morphological variation in the GI tract is associated with each organ’s role in food processing. For example, the length of many structures was found to vary significantly with feeding strategy. Within species, the variability illustrated by the coefficients of variation suggests that selective constraints may vary with function. Within humans, we detected significant Pearson correlations between the volume of the liver and the length of the appendix (t-value = 2.5278, df = 28, p = 0.0174, corr = 0.4311) and colon (t-value = 2.0991, df = 19, p = 0.0494, corr = 0.4339), as well as between the lengths of the small intestine and colon (t-value = 2.1699, df = 17, p = 0.0445, corr = 0.4657), which are arguably the most vital organs in the gut for nutrient absorption. Notably, intraspecific variation in the small intestine can be associated with life history traits. In humans, females demonstrated consistently and significantly longer small intestines than males (t-value15 = 2.245, p = 0.0403). This finding supports the female canalization hypothesis, specifically, increased female investment in the digestion and absorption of lipids.
An overview of the study is here, if you're curious: https://news.ncsu.edu/2023/04/variation-in-human-guts/
