Bryan Pesta tells his story + the closing of HDF
Some years ago we published the world's first admixture regression studies. These were done using a series of datasets starting with the relatively small PING, then moving on to PNC/TCP,…
Who is best at the Olympics? Not America
I am not particularly interested in sports unless it involves statistics. Recently, a major topic on X is posting about this or that US winner. Stuff like this: So let's…
Good vs. bad scientific questions
The scientific method is a kind of general truth generating approach that involves: Making some claim (hypothesis) in clear enough language (clarity) ... ... that some observation can be done…
January book reviews (4-6): Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley
There's 2 books left of the January books, but one of them were not that noteworthy in the literal sense that I didn't take any interesting notes while reading them.…
January book reviews (4): Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
In this 4th book review of those I read in January, we come to Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa,…
January book reviews (3): Matt Ridley’s How Innovation Works: Serendipity, Energy and the Saving of Time (2020)
I decided to review all books I read, which also serves as a motivator for making notes when reading (actually, I only highlight text and memory is usually enough reconstruct…
January book reviews: part 2 Acemoğlu & Robinson
We continue the January book reviews. I had initially wanted to put them all in one post, but that would have been obscenely long given my notes. So we move…
Book reviews for January 2026
I tend to write 2 types of book reviews: 1) full length singular posts, and 2) short summaries for many books by year's end. The trouble with the second approach…
Are dogs good or bad for fertility?
In August last year, I wrote a post about our then new study about people's pet preferences and various human differences: Prior research found that pet preferences and ownership relates…
EU health tech at its finest: case study of Oviva
A friend sent me this linkedin post some days ago. I was mainly interested because I thought it might have something to do with making eggs for IVF (oviva meaning…