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NASA is gearing up to launch its next flagship space telescope – combining spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors

NASA plans to soon launch a new space telescope that will survey a billion galaxies to trace how the universe evolved over time, all courtesy of America’s spy program and decades of research into detector technology.

The Conversation · Aug 27

Indian Man Let His Arm Atrophy And His Fingernails Turn Into Claws Over An Epiphany He Had In 1973

A bank clerk with a wife and 3 children suddenly decided to give up everything in his life and live with his right hand raised above his head. His shocking 5-decade-long commitment to this action left everyone baffled and earned him the title of the “one-armed baba,” as he could…

Bored Panda · Aug 24

Keigo Higashino, bestselling Japanese mystery novelist known for The Devotion of Suspect X, dies aged 68

Over four decades, Higashino wrote 106 novels and sold about 109 million copies in Japan

The Independent UK · Jul 28

‘I’m the psychedelic confessor’: the man who turned a generation on to hallucinogens returns with a head-spinning book about consciousness

With the Omnivore’s Dilemma and How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan transformed our understanding of food and drugs. Can he do the same for our sense of self?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8

Genesis Mission: why Trump’s plan to put AIs in charge of science could backfire

Donald Trump’s new “Genesis Mission” initiative promises to use artificial intelligence to reinvent how science is done, in a bid to move the dial on the hardest challenges in areas like robotics, biotech and nuclear fusion.

The Conversation · Dec 1, 2025

There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.

LiveScience · Oct 27, 2025

OPINION - The real, sinister reason academics keep cancelling each other

Scarcely a week goes by without lecturers being cancelled, says Toby Young. Why?

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025

Longer words and real reflection: the science behind a convincing apology

People expect effort, not a token ‘I’m sorry’, but be careful not to over-script your acknowledgment of mistakes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2025

Football agent Kia Joorabchian’s big racing spend needs to start paying off

Ancient Egypt is the colt who could make all the cash-flashing, both last year and this, feel like money well spent

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2025

'The Tension Between Tradition and Individualism'

Conservative founding father Frank Meyer and libertarian founding mother Rose Wilder Lane had rich, friendly debates on how much American liberty relied on old European traditions.

Reason · Aug 19, 2025