The Rise of Self-Taught Data Scientists: A New Era

Number of words: 1,362 In the developer series, we reach out to developers, practitioners and experts from the machine learning community to gain insights on their journey in data science, and the tools and skills essential for their day-to-day operation. For this week’s column, Analytics India Magazine got in touch with Konstantin Yakovlev, a Kaggle … Read more

The Role of Insects in Maintaining Ecosystem Balance

Number of words: 1,266 The world’s insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems”, according to the first global scientific review. More than 40% of insect species are declining and a third are endangered, the analysis found. The rate of extinction is eight times faster than that of … Read more

Magnetic North Pole

Number of words: 303 The Cretaceous period ended about 66 million years ago, with the extinction of almost three-quarters of life on Earth, including dinosaurs. The extinction was triggered by an asteroid impact that created the 180-kilometre wide Chicxulub crater. Scientists were able to describe what happened the day after the impact event, the First … Read more

The Unpredictable Journey of the Magnetic North Pole

Number of words: 320 We know that Earth’s magnetic North Pole doesn’t quite line up with the North Pole on a world map — it’s wandered, at a glacial pace, about 1,400 miles since its first discovery in 1831, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). What scientists didn’t expect, however, is that … Read more