Embracing Uncertainty in Science and in Life — Studying biology in University College London, the first major piece of coursework tasked to me is to write a 1500-word essay titled “What can phylogenetic trees tell us about how the complex eukaryotic cell evolved from prokaryotes?” While reading into the topic, it dawned on me that phylogenetics, a rather…

The Power and Limitations of Statistics — This article is a continuation of “Once a Cheat, Always a Cheat?”, my previous article. As the chess drama revolving around world chess champion grandmaster Magnus Carlsen’s cheating allegations against grandmaster Hans Niemann continues to invoke controversy from chess fans, the International Chess Federation, otherwise known as FIDE, has announced…

Chess Drama, Bayesian Inference and Other Thoughts — The chess world has just seen what is considered to be the biggest piece of chess drama in recent chess history. During the third round of the classical stage of the Sinquefield Cup, which features some of the best players in chess, grandmaster Hans Niemann pulled off a shocking underdog…

Lessons from ‘DNA is Not Destiny’ by Steven J. Heine I remember a time where advertisements and sponsorships from the genetic testing company 23andMe would flood YouTube. Some individuals from channels which I subscribe to would first get their DNA sequenced…

Warning: Spoilers! — The Jurassic World trilogy of films, as well as its predecessor, the Jurassic Park trilogy are inspired from the 1990 novel written by Michael Crichton, a renowned science fiction author. Now known as Crichton’s signature novel, Jurassic Park was actually inspired by scientific research conducted in the past. In a…

Today, couples with the male older than the female counterpart is a common occurrence. A famous example involves a controversial US president Donald Trump and his wife Melania. The duo share an age gap of a great 24 years, leading to some snide remarks of him being a ‘sugar daddy’…

A new song by the popular Korean girl group TWICE has recently been released, and I was pleasantly surprised by the song title ‘Scientist’. There are a few anime series which feature many science concepts in the episodes (see Dr Stone, Cells At Work and Science Fell in Love, So…

As the biggest League of Legends (LoL) tournament, Worlds, is right around the corner, analysts and fans alike vividly discuss everything revolving around the game, the teams and the players. A fun topic of discussion which inevitably arises every tournament is one of predictions. To get players more invested into…