Make science disruptive again. Itai Yanai & Martin J. Lercher. Nature Biotechnology (2023) The rate of scientific innovation appears to … More
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Virtual Night Science!
What puzzle are you in? A mini-workshop on ‘Science as a meta-puzzle’ After many in-person ‘Night Science’ workshops, we’re now … More
Night Science Workshop in Amsterdam University, 9/8/2022
The 2022 Night Science Workshop on the Art of Scientific Discovery August 9th 2022 Amsterdam– hosted by AIMMS Where do … More
A review of “A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth”
Iterations of evolution SCIENCE • 11 Nov 2021 • Vol 374, Issue 6569 • p. 828 • DOI: 10.1126/science.abm0121 ITAI … More
Podcast!
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A review of “The Knowledge Machine”
The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science by Michael Strevens Science’s irrational originsItai Yanai, Martin J. Lercher Science 2021 … More
A hypothesis is a liability
We were very excited that our piece ‘A hypothesis is a liability’ – on the hidden cost to having a hypothesis … More
The two languages of science
Daniel Dennett is one of the most inspiring thinkers you will find. In this fascinating correspondence with Alex Rosenberg on … More
The creativity that comes from being a ‘Renaissance person’
by Itai Yanai When we meet each other, we ask ‘what do you do?’ I’m a landscape architect, you might … More
The idea import/export business
Interdisciplinary creativity is a two-way street. You may realize that a concept or a methodology, or maybe even just … More