Bengalis are all basically very similar (except for Brahmins)
The new paper, 50,000 years of Evolutionary History of India: Insights from ~2,700 Whole Genome Sequences, is very good. It also answers a question that comes up sometimes: how different are West Bengalis from Bangladeshis? We haven’t had a apples to apples comparison until this paper that’s easy to understand. There are figures in the … Continue reading Bengalis are all basically very similar (except for Brahmins)
Nick Cassimatis: fear not AI, this too shall pass
An artificial intelligence researcher rejects doomsaying
Open Thread – 2/14/2024 – Brown Pundits
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Zoe Booth and Iona Italia: Quillette’s dynamic duo
Razib talks to Zoe Booth and Iona Italia about their journey into the heterodox space
Time Well Spent – 2/2/2024
Dog Days of Winter
James Miller: the end of world as we know it
The technological singularity, economic growth and human extinction
Wilfred Reilly: a social scientist in the culture wars
A dissenter from progressive racial politics speaks
Kind of a big deal: 10 golden-age papers that changed human genetics
Looking back at more than two decades of human genomics
Erich Schwarz: in the beginning was the worm (C. elegans)
Model organisms in genetic research: past and future
Open Thread – 1/16/2024 – Happy New Year
How’s it going?
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz – Who Makes the NBA?: Data-Driven Answers to Basketball’s Biggest Questions
How to write a sports book in 30 days with AI
Introducing GenRAIT: when technology drives science
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. Today, Raz…
Introducing GenRAIT: when technology drives science
Razib’s startup and his cofounders
Alexander: the psychology of dating
Dating in the “app age”
The Emissary launches (for real)
Our friend Akshar Patel, JUMP: Going Full-Time on The Emissary: It’s been a long time coming. When I finished university in 2014, I didn’t know what I really wanted to do. From the beginning, I never really enjoyed the usual office 9 to 5 life. Eventually, though, I became domesticated. It was a steadily growing … Continue reading The Emissary launches (for real)
Time Well Spent – 1/1/2024
New Years Edition
Happy 2024! 1-day sale…and if you only read one _ this year
End of year annual subscription discount
RKUL Hit List 2023: From deepest Siberia to Europe’s edge
Revisiting favorite Substack pieces, with research-based revisions
RKUL Hit List 2023: Ashkenazi Jewish genetics, a match made in the Mediterranean
Revisiting favorite Substack pieces, with research-based revisions