Why Darwin admired the earthworm(nautil.us)

82 points by sohkamyung 3 years ago | 29 comments

Could an industrial civilization have predated humans on Earth?(nautil.us)

138 points by dnetesn 3 years ago | 185 comments

The Secret Life of Deep Sea Vents(nautil.us)

18 points by dnetesn 3 years ago | 4 comments

Winning By a Hair(nautil.us)

48 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 24 comments

New finding boosts Panspermia theory that life on Earth originated in deep space(nautil.us)

28 points by geox 3 years ago | 15 comments

Loss of smell may be an early sign of brain diseases(nautil.us)

171 points by jnord 3 years ago | 134 comments

Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas drilling(economist.com)

406 points by livueta 2 years ago | 328 comments

Economist science article reporting that wind turbines harm bird populations less than oil-and-gas drilling, contrary to wind farm opponents' fears.

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears(nature.com)

355 points by mdhb 1 year ago | 243 comments

Nature news article reporting that scientific conferences are relocating or pausing US meetings because foreign researchers fear border and travel problems.

Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars(theatlantic.com)

24 points by fortran77 6 days ago | 89 comments

An Atlantic technology article by Andrew Moseman on why Americans keep paying more for gas cars instead of switching to electric vehicles despite high gas prices.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon(wilsoniumite.com)

466 points by Wilsoniumite 8 months ago | 597 comments

A personal blog post revisiting the author's failed prediction of a 2025 US economic crash and arguing a crash may still be coming, using data such as FRED unemployment charts.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.