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Computing for Biologists: Python Programming and Principles

Computing for Biologists: Python Programming and Principles

A biology-themed introduction to computing and Python programming

2014

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Wise & Well

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Eliot Bush

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Apr 28, 2025

Feel the Burn: Why Spiciness is Connected to Physical Heat

And what science says about why we like spicy food in the first place

Feel the Burn: Why Spiciness is Connected to Physical Heat

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Aha! Science

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Eliot Bush

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Oct 3, 2024

Organism that Lives Less Than 1 Day Predicts the Seasons

Measuring daylight to predict the future

Organism that Lives Less Than 1 Day Predicts the Seasons

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Aha! Science

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Eliot Bush

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May 14, 2024

How Can This Seabird Get Enough Sleep When It Spends Weeks in the Air?

Great frigatebirds can’t land on the water, so they’ve evolved to take the ultimate power naps

How Can This Seabird Get Enough Sleep When It Spends Weeks in the Air?

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Curated Newsletters

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Eliot Bush

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Feb 18, 2024

What Evolutionary Biology Says About the Future of AI

Rather than a pure robot civilization springing up de novo, it’s more likely that AI will integrate itself into things that already exist…

What Evolutionary Biology Says About the Future of AI

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Curated Newsletters

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Eliot Bush

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Jan 6, 2024

Evolution and aging: do the dinosaurs have anything to do with human senescence?

How senescence evolves

Evolution and aging: do the dinosaurs have anything to do with human senescence?

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ILLUMINATION

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Eliot Bush

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Oct 19, 2023

The diet of our ancestors: what tapeworms tell us about human evolution

Most of us don’t think about tapeworms much. They’re uncommon in the developed world, and kind of gross. But it turns out the little…

Image of the parasitic flatworm Taenia solium.

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ILLUMINATION

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Eliot Bush

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Jul 21, 2023

What Can We Learn From A Sleeping Octopus?

In recent years, an accumulation of research has made very clear how important getting enough sleep is for human health. There’s a wider…

What Can We Learn From A Sleeping Octopus?

Eliot Bush

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Mar 20, 2023

Adventures in metabolism: If your cat eats antifreeze, you can ask your vet to get him drunk

The main ingredient in antifreeze is a compound called ethylene glycol (also found in various other products). This stuff is really bad to…

Adventures in metabolism: If your cat eats antifreeze, you can ask your vet to get him drunk

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ILLUMINATION

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Eliot Bush

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Dec 1, 2021

Youth and the Pleistocene Climate

The connection between climate change and adolescence

Youth and the Pleistocene Climate

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ILLUMINATION

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Eliot Bush

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Sep 16, 2021

Things Not Seen

Reflections on Life and Science in the Pandemic

An image showing dinosaur tracks in red rock from Tuba City Arizona.

Eliot Bush

Eliot Bush

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Professor of computational biology and evolution at Harvey Mudd College. Current research focuses on microbial genome evolution. Website: https://eliotbush.com/

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