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Why You Should Root for the Apex Predator
Theyâre indispensable ecosystem engineers The post Why You Should Root for the Apex Predator appeared first on Nautilus.
âCEO said a thing!â
A blistering guide to what lazy journalism too often looks like
Are morally good people any happier or sadder than others?
Jessie Sun at Psyche: Most of us have experienced both how good it can feel and how hard it can be to do the right thing. Helping strangers or supporting a friend can leave you with a deep sense of sa
Coffee Break: Moral Imbeciles Lead U.S. to War
The moral imbeciles ruling the United States have blundered into disaster because they are incapable of recognizing the stakes of the game.
These Seals Brave Polar Bear Country to Access an Ocean Buffet
Conservation plans for climate change must consider both fear and food The post These Seals Brave Polar Bear Country to Access an Ocean Buffet appeared first on Nautilus.
Scott Aaronson reviews the movie âThe AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimistâ
Scott Aaronson at Shtetl-Optimized: I thought that the filmmaker, Daniel Roher, did about as good a job as can be done, in fitting into a 100-minute film a question that honestly seems too gargantuan
Pluralistic: Market participation is exhausting (30 Mar 2026)
Today's links Market participation is exhausting: No one wants to be the sucker at the table. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: EMI DRM v Brazil; "The Information"; Genome pa
Monday links: a founding myth
I love these looping GIF animations from...
I love these looping GIF animations from perfectl00p that use Windows 3.1 elements (Minesweeper, Solitaire, SkiFree, Notepad).
Prime Numbers Might Not Be Random After All
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The Weirdness Of Dinosaurs
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Now We Know What the Insects of the Jurassic Period Sounded Like
Thanks to crickets and relatives playing their âwashboardsâ The post Now We Know What the Insects of the Jurassic Period Sounded Like appeared first on Nautilus.
Does South Asia need secularism? Interview with Akeel Bilgrami
Priyam Paul at The Daily Star: The Daily Star (TDS): Could you elaborate on the origins of secularism in Europe? How did the idea evolve there? Akeel Bilgrami (AB):Â âSecularismâ, first of all, should
Egalitarianism Is False
And so is prioritarianism
In Expanding de Sitter Space, Quantum Mechanics Gets Even More Elusive
The basic shape that best describes our expanding universe is also the hardest shape for physicists to understand. The post In Expanding de Sitter Space, Quantum Mechanics Gets Even More E
Bitch: A History
Karen Stollznow at Aeon Magazine: In its most literal sense, a bitch is a female dog, and this is also the wordâs earliest meaning. Because bitch feels so contemporary, so casually present in everyday
Drillers See Triple-Digit Crude and Hit the Brakes
Why drillers won't be sucker punched by increasing production in response to a very large price increase that may be short-lived.
DaĂ°i Freyr â Hot Damn
A mesmerizing bop. Watched this music video all the way through 3 times this past weekend and am certain I will rack up more views in the future.
28 Days Later
Three surprises from my first month with a newborn
The Giant Sloths and Armadillos of Prehistoric TexasÂ
Snorkeling scientists uncover a treasure trove of megafauna fossils in a flooded cave The post The Giant Sloths and Armadillos of Prehistoric Texas appeared first on Nautilus.
Buying the Software Crash
I bought some IGV, Jonathan Boyar is buying Salesforce
John Aubrey At Four Hundred
Peter Davidson at Literary Review: An Oxford-educated Wiltshire gentleman who lost his small estates to lawsuits and debts after the Civil Wars, he was somehow set free by this personal disaster to li
Adviser links: gifting business interests
Mondays are all about financial adviser-related links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last weekâs links including a look at...
#339 Divergence and Assimilation
D.R. Nagaraj's Views on the Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate, India's Response to China's Supply Chain Warfare, and a Call for Negative Results of Supply Chain Weaponisation
Pete Hegseth Believes in the Lethality Fairy
"Overwhelming violence of action" as the solution to all problems
Muskism Is the Specter Stalking Our Present
Elon Musk sells us sovereignty through technology in an age of crisis. Muskism resembles past futurisms, but with an important difference: this time, the question of who owns the machines is paramount
A Plan to Stop ICE From Stealing the Midterms
A campaign to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement from polling places would provide a concrete, winnable demand that unions, student organizations, and immigrant and democracy defense groups could
The No Kings Protests Are Cause for Hope
The No Kings rallies have evolved beyond basic anti-Trump liberalism. Their messaging is sharply antiwar, anti-oligarchy, and far more substantive than the âresistanceâ politics of Donald Trumpâs firs
Brilliance of Berkeley Lecture â Robert Reich â âThe Roots of Trumpâ
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Family Wealth
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Rabbi, Drag Queen, Film Star
Tim Murphy in Harvard Magazine: Sabbath Queen, the 2025 documentary produced and directed by Sandi DuBowski â93, opens tensely: in the courtyard of a Manhattan home, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie prepares t
Nick Cave on Creative Work as an Instrument of Self-Forgiveness and the Courage of Hope in Cynical Times
In praise of "the necessary and urgent need to love life and one another, despite the casual cruelty of the world."
A Stoicâs Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety
"There are more things ... likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
Import AI 451: Political superintelligence; Googleâs society of minds, and a robot drummer
Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on arXiv and feedback from readers. If youâd like to support this, please subscribe. Subscribe now AI might let us build âpolitical
Do Developing Countries Still Need to Industrialize?
For decades it has seemed that there is only one path to growth.
Talk Your Book: Navigating Fixed Income in a Crazy World
On today's Talk Your Book we speak with Invesco's Stephanie Larosiliere about how to diversify your bonds, AI's impact on the economy, hedging higher inflation and more. The post Talk Your Book: Navig
how we fall apart
it's hard to stay in the goldilocks zone
Landlord Distress Isnât Our Fault, But It Is Our Problem
Unable to realize enough profit from their portfolios to repay their investors, landlords are turning the screws on tenants in the form of rising rents and declining conditions. Understanding this fin
Talk Your Book: Navigating Fixed Income in a Crazy World
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