Now accepting applications for SFI’s 2026 CSSS program, a 3-week experience for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professionals to explore foundational theory, engage in collaborative projects, and connect with a global research community. Apply by Feb 4, 2026 www.santafe.edu/csss

Returning the page proofs for my quantitative biology textbook, out in February: www.routledge.com/Quantitative...

Our new dataset modeling the polyploidy shared between Arabidopsis thaliana and its relatives (aka At-alpha) is now in the POInT browser: wgd.statgen.ncsu.edu Just choose "AtAlpha", Version="TenSpp" and your favorite gene (OBP2, EST1, AGO1...) #polyploidy

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/

I think I understand how it can be that LLMs are both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming. It's because there are two entirely different skillsets that we both call "good at programming." LLMs have only one of them. blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...

Congratulations to Lindsey Zanno of NC State and her collaborator for showing that what was thought to be a juvenile T. rex is actually a new species! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The CAMBIUM NSF NRT is recruiting PhD students @uarizona.bsky.social! Fellowships for interdisciplinary training in biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, plant adaptation, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎

Applications for the Department of Energy's Computational Science Graduate Fellowship are now open: www.krellinst.org/csgf/ #doecsgf