A quirky science newsletter that retells recent surprising natural-world research, such as microbes under Antarctic ice, golden octocorals, and butterfly wing illusions, with a short punchy hot take on each. It offers accessible explanations of studies with links to the original coverage.
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Experimental History publishes essays that test popular claims against data and ideas from psychology, economics and the history of science. Readers get contrarian, humorous, evidence-driven takes on topics like AI and jobs, loneliness statistics, and why discoveries happen.
Each issue takes a recent news event, such as a DNS resolver leaving France or a new Airbnb rule, and tests it against an unrelated field to find a shared pattern. It works through sourced facts and questions the author's own first reactions.
Local news coverage of Richmond, Virginia, spanning research, housing policy, development and high school sports. Reporting includes named sources, concrete figures and local context.
Skeptic publishes long-form articles applying scientific and critical-thinking methods to claims about AI, the paranormal, religion and other contested topics. Readers get essays that weigh evidence, cite studies and examine arguments rather than just reporting news.
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