The muses don’t sing to cover letter writers—they’re busy with the poets.
Saturday, 30 January 2021
‘Dostoevsky in Love’ Review: Possessed by Words
Sentenced and reprieved, exiled and returned, Fyodor Dostoevsky made human suffering the center of his work.
The Tyranny of Work
Jobs have become, for so many, a relentless, unsatisfying toil. Why then does the work ethic still hold so much sway?
Friday, 29 January 2021
Why is Wombat Poop Cube-shaped?
Wombats are the only animals in the world that produce cube-shaped scat. But how and why do they do it? Scientists now have a better idea.
Lockdown Has Ravaged the Working Class
In both lives and livelihoods, the poorest have borne the brunt of our disastrous response to the pandemic.
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Artificial Intelligence: MIT Creates ‘Liquid’ Machine Learning - ‘Future of Robot Control'
AI engineers have designed a new ‘liquid’ machine-learning system potentially capable of revolutionising everything from autonomous cars to medical diagnosis.
Who Wants to Defend Trudeau’s Vaccine Plan Now?
The Trudeau government knew about problems with the deal to develop a COVID-19 vaccine with a Chinese firm but kept the truth hidden from the public for months.
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Where Will Everyone Go?
ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, with support from the Pulitzer Center, have for the first time modeled how climate refugees might move across international borders. This is what we found.
How to Be a Genius
I travelled the world and trawled the archive to unearth the hidden lessons from history’s most brilliant people.
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Scientists Discover Electric Eels Hunting in a Group
One of the new species of electric eel is capable of producing 860-volt electric shocks—the strongest electric discharge of any animal on Earth.
Why Can't You Smell? Doctors and Scientists Are Working to Understand COVID-19's Impact on Our Senses
One of the telltale symptoms of coronavirus infection is a nightmare for wine lovers: loss of smell and taste. Researchers are studying why it happens and if it can be cured.
A Year in Space: Bordeaux Wine Splashes Down
NASA’s first space wine mission has successfully returned to Earth, where 12 bottles of Bordeaux and hundreds of Merlot and Cabernet vines will now be analyzed.
Monday, 25 January 2021
The Problem with Prediction
Cognitive scientists see human minds as predictive machines. Right or wrong, they will change how we think.
No, This Is Not ‘Getting Back to Normal’
The extinction of reason, justice and freedom on campus is now to be institutionalised as American government policy.