Written by a former scientist turned freelance science journalist, this newsletter tracks dubious papers, corrections and retractions in academic publishing and critiques how science is reported, especially in Australia. Readers get pointed, first-person investigations plus reflections on the health of science journalism and funding.
Website: https://nobreakthroughs.com/
An independent journalism newsletter covering psychedelic science, policy and regulation, with news roundups and Q&As with researchers. Readers get reported summaries of new studies, FDA and state-level developments, and expert interviews.
A science newsletter examining the institutions and incentives behind research, science journalism and academic careers. Issues combine reporting from conferences, critiques of press coverage of studies, and explanations of how the German-speaking academic system works.
The Elversphere is a long-form newsletter that tells stories about people, places and natural systems, such as Maine guides and the American eel. Its issues combine reporting, interviews and vivid scene-setting with a focus on how traditional ecological knowledge meets science and industry.
Foom publishes independent reporting on frontier AI research, covering topics such as autonomous weapons, recursive self-improvement and the overlap between language models and the brain. Each issue draws on recent papers, conference work and interviews with researchers.
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