Science isn’t just data — it’s a human story. Explore personal essays, reflections, and poetic moments from life in and out of the lab.
Friend or Foe? Rethinking Taxonomy in Collaboration with AI AI now sees life. It sees it with precision, with speed, with an unflinching gaze that never tires. It categorizes faster than any human, draws connections across data we can barely…
AI and Biological Naming: Beyond Names in the Age of AI In a world of accelerating algorithms, AI and biological naming are converging in unexpected ways. This essay explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of life—not by creating…
AI in Biological Classification: Is Taxonomy Dead? Revisiting Life’s Complexity After Why Fish Don’t Exist In the age of rapid innovation, AI in biological classification is not just a tool—it is reshaping how we understand life itself. From redefining species…
From Life to Meaning: Expanding the Idea of Evolution We often think of evolution as something exclusive to living organisms. But rereading Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene introduced me to a concept that reshaped this view: the meme. Dawkins described…
🎈 I Have Yet to Learn How to Let Go One of the hardest lessons in learning how to emotionally survive as a dentistis realizing that you cannot carry every patient’s pain. A senior once told me:“The more you pour…
Why We Worked So Hard to Amplify That Virus — A Graduate Lab Reflection, March 16, 2015 “Please amplify the adenovirus containing Prox1.” My professor’s instructions were always short, but they left my mind tangled for days. Why don’t professors…
Writing with AI : A Reflection Today, I found myself wondering: am I really writing, or is the AI doing it for me? It’s a question that probably haunts many people experimenting with AI writing tools. For me, the trigger…
I Will Grow Old, and ChatGPT Will Evolve Ever since conversational ChatGPT first appeared in the world, I felt as if I had gained an intelligent friend. Observing the speed at which ChatGPT evolves feels like watching the movie…
