Archive - Science for the Unscientific

AI and The Environment, Part 2

In a previous article written in March 2024, I briefly laid out some of the environmental issues related to AI, include its carbon footprint.

Jun 16 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

March 2025

Robot Exclusion Protocol

How to prevent ChatGPT from using your work....right?

Mar 24 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

February 2025

Street Fighting Mathematics, Part 2

Feb 3 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

January 2025

Law of Large Numbers

When cleaning out my Google Drive, I came across a book from my freshman year of college called Street Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated…

Jan 6 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

December 2024

How does Bluetooth work?

While helping my grandma set up the Bluetooth connection in her car over Thanksgiving, I realized that I didn’t have a great understanding of what…

Dec 9, 2024 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

November 2024

The "margin of error" and what that means for election polling

Hi all, I apologize for skipping yet another Friday post.

Nov 4, 2024 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

October 2024

Types of Studies

Formulating a Scientific Study, Part 2

Oct 4, 2024 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

September 2024

Types of Variables

Formulating a Scientific Study, Part 1

Sep 20, 2024 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

Is ChatGPT telling us the "truth"?

The effect of training sets on model outputs

Sep 6, 2024 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

May 2024

Recommendations for Further Reading

I am in the process of moving and didn’t have much time this week, so I wanted to instead recommend a few more Substacks about related topics:

May 24, 2024 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

Getting Your Project Funded

The Heilmeier Catechism

May 10, 2024 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

April 2024

How does GPS Work?

During my previous series “What’s the point of high school math?”, I talked about the need for GPS-denied navigation for self driving cars, but I never…

Apr 26, 2024 •

Marissa D'Alonzo

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