Weekly Dose of Optimism #188
AI vs. Alzheimer's, Substrate x GDM, Robot Lamp, Artemis II, Primer + Extra Doses
Random Digest: April 21, 2026
10 hand-picked articles from our collection
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 3:49 AM
What you call gate keeping I call quality control
In defense of quality editors, criticis, and peer reviewers
A lot of developmental psychology isn't worth doing
A complaint about my field
The Centaur Era
The question isn't what AI can do, it's what you can do with AI
Analysis: How Chinese media is covering the Iran energy crisis
As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz wreaks havoc on fossil-fuel supplies across the... The post Analysis: How Chinese media is covering the Iran energy crisis appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Trump: "A whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran does not reach a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz
Also open thread.
My AI thinks Civics is Black Studies
Is there really a civics-sized hole in university curricula?
The world desperately needs to decarbonize shipping. Can nations find a consensus?
The shipping industry is responsible for 3 percent of global climate emissions. The Trump administration and the Iran war are complicating efforts to clean it up.
Thursday links: a job in a system
The Genetic Roots of Extreme Morning Sickness
It’s much more than just nausea The post The Genetic Roots of Extreme Morning Sickness appeared first on Nautilus.