Author: DPstaff
We May Finally Know How the Placebo Effect Relieves Pain
Grace Wade in New Scientist: A newly identified brain pathway in mice could explain why…
TGIF: The Week Unburdened by the Week That Has Been
By Suzy Weiss at The Free Press: Biden dropped out: Six years ago emotionally, but…
Friday Poem: You Must Never Ignore Self
It may be in the sky, in sand, in dream you’ll find your Self.For some,…
‘The Chilean Forest’ by Pablo Neruda
Under the volcanoes, beside the snow-capped mountains, among the huge lakes, the fragrant, the silent,…
This Is What Could Happen if AI Content Is Allowed to Take Over the Internet
by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Generative AI is a data hog. The algorithms behind…
Evolution’s New Narrative: Life is a Decentralized, Horizontal Network, Not Merely a Centralized, Hierarchical Tree
David P. Mindell at Reason: The conventional narrative for evolution is outdated. I am not…
Researchers Use Groovy Science to Understand Gut Feelings
Iris Kulbatski in The Scientist: The gut’s sensory system is a touchy subject thanks to specialized…
Jim Harrison: Why I Write
I used to tell students…the difference between poetry and you is you look in the…
How Does Language Begin in the Womb?
by Darshana Narayanan at Aeon: Some restless infants don’t wait for birth to let out…
Cars Beat Climate in Court
Jack Marley, Environment commissioning editor of the Imagine Newsletter: For planning to block a motorway…
Not Yet Panicking About AI? You Should Be
Daniel Kehlmann in The Guardian: I do not want to demonise the revolution we are…
Eitan Hersh on the Perils of Political Hobbyism
Yascha Mounk at his own Substack: Eitan Hersh is Professor of Political Science at Tufts…