Pluralistic: The Claude Delusion (21 Sep 2026)
Today’s links The Claude Delusion: What if we’re the ones having hallucinations? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 9/11 v sex; 9/11 v flags; US customs v…
Johnson Space Center Sparks Curiosity at Houston’s 33rd Annual Japan Festival
On Sept. 12-13, NASA’s Johnson Space Center employees brought the excitement and wonder of space exploration to Houston’s Japan Festival at Hermann Park. For more than 30 years, the festival…
Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’
Exclusive: The tax-funded brainchild of Dominic Cummings hopes to find ways to speed up wild species’ evolutionVaccines for ash trees, skin treatments for newts and gene-edited swallowtail butterflies are among…
U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries
VPN providers with over 100,000 American users could be ordered to block pirate sites under the bill Rep. Darrell Issa introduced last week. The full text shows that VPNs were…
Baby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debate
Study finds overall differences between groups of newborns by sex that are likely to be determined by biologyThe question dates back to the first man and woman: how does the…
Once again, The BMJ, wittingly or unwittingly, reinforces an antivax narrative
Last week The BMJ published an investigation alleging that the algorithm for spotting safety signals after COVID vaccination was flawed and that the FDA ignored it, amplifying an old antivax…
Once again, The BMJ, wittingly or unwittingly, reinforces a antivax narrative
Last week The BMJ published an investigation alleging that the algorithm for spotting safety signals after COVID vaccination was flawed and that the FDA ignored it, amplifying an old antivax…
Why I choose not to use my medical diagnosis as my identity.
Whether it be our physical or mental health, defining ourselves by our ‘condition’ might prove an unhealthy and life changing thing to do. In response to the recent Channel 4…
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’On her first day as an expert author on…
Starwatch: Autumnal equinox in northern hemisphere, spring in the south
Precise moment of equinox in UK is 1.05am on Wednesday – but day and night will not be equal until FridayThe September or autumnal equinox takes place this week. It…