Author: DPstaff

These Scientists Are Battling Dangerous Superbugs With a ChatGPT-Like AI

by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Bacteria and antibiotics have been in a roughly century-long…

Virtual Reality Reboots History

Charles T. Rubin in The New Atlantis: Because of this renewed sense of urgency to…

Study Explores How Gossip Spreads in Social Networks

How many different types of people—colleagues, friends, taxi drivers, etc.—should we hear a piece of information from before we start sharing it as a true fact?

Friday Poem: True Story

I can’t escape the possibilityI was meant to own a Zambonibut got stuck with three…

Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

M.V. Ramana at Literary Hub: I am scared about how fast climate change is disrupting…

‘Nobody Knows What I Know’: How a Loyal RSS Member Abandoned Hindu Nationalism

Rahul Bhatia in The Guardian: Running a finger over a row of books in a…

The Universe Suddenly Hates Satire

by Erik Hoel at The Intrinsic Perspective: There’s a saying on the internet: “The most…

Thursday Poem: Apocalypse

Within, without the cosmos wide am I;In joyful sweep I loose forth and draw back…

“Hasina Wajid’s Blunders are Similar to What’s Happening in Pakistan Now”

by Shams Zaheer Abbas @ FOCUUS: Hasina Wajid (HW) cannot be compared with Nawaz Sharif…

Charles Darwin the Geologist

by Robert Muir-Wood at OUP: Who was Charles Darwin the geologist? Was he a nephew,…

Justice Gorsuch Warns Biden To ‘Be Careful’ With Attempts To Control Supreme Court

J.D. Tuccille at Reason: Asked this week by Fox News’s Shannon Bream to respond to…

Wednesday Poem: Elevation

Above the lakes, above the vales,The mountains and the woods, the clouds, the seas,Beyond the…