The best Academia newsletters

Reviewer, too is a science newsletter by Elise Cutts examining the institutions that shape scientific discovery, belief and policy, including press releases, freedom of information law, journalism economics and German academic careers. Readers get sharp, opinionated commentary with specific references to studies, policies and conferences.

A practicing data scientist and tenured professor writes weekly essays on AI, genomics, biosecurity, and how AI is changing science, with occasional programming notes. Readers get candid, first-hand takes on research evaluation, AI disclosure policies in journals, and commentary on new biosecurity literature.

A statistical geneticist's newsletter that critically examines claims about heritability, social mobility and genetic causation using the underlying data. It also covers research on university faculty diversity and the capabilities and limits of AI in academic research.

Dendrite is a personal newsletter by a neuroscientist covering academia, computational neuroscience, animal biology and books, with long, anecdotal essays that explain scientific ideas through vivid examples. Readers get reflective, well-explained science writing with a personal voice rather than news or links.

Michael Nayna writes essays and produces documentaries critiquing campus ideology, the 'Great Awokening' and mainstream media, often featuring interviews with figures like Musa al-Gharbi and Bret Weinstein. Readers get a right-leaning, personal commentary on free speech, identity politics and the US political landscape.

Updates from MERIP, an independent publication covering the Middle East, including board announcements, podcast episodes featuring authors from Middle East Report, and fundraising news. Readers get a view into the organization and pointers to its critical analysis of the region.

MITH News announces and describes public talks and events from the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, including the Digital Dialogues series. Each issue gives an abstract, speaker details and registration information for a scholarly presentation in the digital humanities.