Current molecular biology tools force researchers to choose between speed, cell viability, and measurement breadth, but controlling cells like a closed-loop system requires all three. The author argues that solving diseases requires new instruments that can measure living cells in real time across many variables, not simply collecting more data with existing destructive methods.
OONI Probe is a tool that measures internet censorship by testing which websites and messaging apps are blocked in users' countries. Users can contribute test results to the world's largest open dataset on censorship, helping increase transparency about network blocking and circumvention tool availability.
A philosophical essay exploring consciousness through the lens of precision measurement, atypical perception, and information systems. The author argues that consciousness emerges from measurement and sensing across all systems—from thermostats to humans—and critiques overstated claims about artificial intelligence while drawing connections between temporal databases, Buddhist meditation, and the nature of reality itself.
Proxy-benchmark is a diagnostic tool that isolates which component—proxy, browser, host machine, or target—is blocking requests by testing them across controlled combinations of engines, proxy paths, and configurations. Built by NodeMaven, it generates reproducible measurements from committed run files rather than hand-picked results, and can be run locally without requiring a proxy account or browser download.
A research repository containing dataset and reproducibility materials for a paper on measuring Starlink aviation connectivity globally, accepted at IMC 2026. The dataset will be released in September 2026 after anonymization, with MPLS label mappings already available.
Physicist Carlo Rovelli's new book argues that modern physics—relativity and quantum mechanics—reveals we cannot achieve an ultimate, objective understanding of reality independent of observation. Instead, Rovelli proposes that all properties are relational, existing only in connection to other things, fundamentally rejecting the notion that physics can exhaust what can be known about the world.
An article examining flawed benchmarks across three domains: napkin math performance estimates with incorrect memory latency calculations, AI model evaluation benchmarks like SWE-Bench used to compare models, and claims about winter tire superiority over all-season tires in cold weather. The piece critiques measurement methodology and overgeneralization in each area.