The Scientific Origins of Racism
by Jacob Zellmer at Aeon: Imagine for a moment that tomorrow we find humans on another planet. It’s an unlikely scenario to be sure, but you can imagine the theories
Breaking Free from the Cultural Neurosis
By Dr. Alexander Lowen at Poetic Outlaws: We want to be more alive and feel more, but we are afraid of it. Our fear of life is seen in the
Why is Chile So Long?
by Tomas Pueyo at Uncharted Territories: Chile is so long, it’s curved. How long is it?Why not longer?Why is no other country as thin?How does that make Chileans incomprehensible? Chile
Ray Kurzweil Predicts Three Technologies Will Define Our Future
Sveta McShane in Singularity Hub: Over the last several decades, the digital revolution has changed nearly every aspect of our lives. The pace of progress in computers has been accelerating, and
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Across a Continent, Trees Sync Their Fruiting to the Sun
Meghan Willcoxon at Quanta: Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync up, tuning their reproductive physiology to one another. Within a matter of days, the trees
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Ray Dalio: The Coming Great Conflict
“From studying 50-plus civil wars and revolutions, it became clear that the single most reliable leading indicator of civil war or revolution is bankrupt government finances combined with big wealth
The Strategy Behind One of the Most Successful Labs in the World
Luke Gebel et al in Nature: The Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, UK, is a world leader in basic biology research. The lab’s list of breakthroughs
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Researchers Say Chatbots ‘Policing’ Each Other Can Correct Some AI Hallucinations
by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: This week, a new study in Nature offers an unconventional idea: Using a second AI tool as a kind of “truth police” to detect
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Can You Inherit Memories From Your Ancestors?
Hannah Critchlow in The Guardian: Since the sequencing of the human genome in 2003, genetics has become one of the key frameworks for how we all think about ourselves. From fretting
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Plants Warn, Defend, Scream, Remember, and Plan Ahead
Jeannette Cooperman in The Common Reader: Tempted as I am to lavish consciousness on everything around me, I was fascinated to learn that tobacco and tomato plants click when they are stressed. The
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Talking Points: ‘Why Pakistan’s Economy Keeps Collapsing’
Irshad Salim, Karachi: My take on the vlog shared by a member at the Back2School WhatsApp Forum: –Seeking monies (aids, grants, support funds, etc.) due to being located on the
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Astronomers May Have Found Life Beyond Earth
By Peter Savodnik at The Free Press: We will soon know a little more thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, which NASA blasted into space on Christmas 2021 and
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