Background John Oliver recently discussed genetic editing on Last Week Tonight. Luckily by chance I have had an automated R script running everyday that collects all tweets that mention the term CRISPR, the leading method of genetic editing at this time. Bringing these two events together, I am …

The number of bike lanes in DC have proliferated in the past few years, ostensibly providing cyclists with increased safety. However, not all bike lanes are created equal: protected bike lanes with intermittent posts provide greater protection than bike lanes sandwiched between busy streets and …

Summary I looked to Kaggle to further practice building predictive models. After optimizing single and ensemble regression techniques, I uncovered ensemble stacking as a method for building a strong predictive model from a collection of weak learners. The outcome is drastic improvements in …