Dodgers Head to the National League Championship Series!

The Dodgers just finished off the Braves (by 3 games to 1) to win their National League Division Series, and they are now heading to the National League Championship Series to face the Milwaukee Brewers. Go Dodgers!

2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (for Optogenetics)

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics." There have been many discussions over the years that optogenetics pioneers would eventually get a Nobel Prize, and this year is the year.

"Data Ethics and Mathematicians"

Here is a new short article called "Data Ethics and Mathematicians"

(I wrote it for SIAM News only about 3.5 years after I promised them that I would write this article. 🤷🏻‍♂️)