2025 Medical Advances

"Medical breakthroughs in 2025"

Prediction Markets And US Elections

"Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms"

MechE Core Ideas

"99% of Mechanical Engineering Comes Down to 5 Ideas"

Deep Life

"Scientists Found the Deepest Known Arctic Vent -- and It's Teeming With Life". (Via H.R.)

AI And Culture Predictions

Sinead Bovell: "AI in 2026 | 8 Predictions About What's Coming"

fMRI Errors?

"fMRI Signals Often Misread Neural Activity"

AI Fake KIdnapping Scams

FBI: "Criminals Using Altered Proof-of-Life Media to Extort Victims in Virtual Kidnapping for Ransom Scams"

Ice Tree

"Physicists 3D-printed a Christmas tree of ice". (Via H.R.)

Updated US Space Policy

New executive order issued by the White House on US space policy goals includes:

1) Return Americans to the Moon by 2028 

2) Begin working on permanent lunar outpost by 2030. 

3) Develop next-gen space-based missile defense prototype by 2028. 

4) Nuclear reactors in space and on the moon (lunar reactor ready to launch by 2030).

Faulty AI Detection Tools

"Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?"

Anti-VPN Proposals

"Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs -- And They Have No Idea What They're Doing". The faulty rationale is to "protect the children", as always.

Finding Good Books

How to find good books to read. (Via Marginal Revolution.)