In defense of Academia

The Breslow saga

Interview with Scott Alexander

On Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks

An interview with the founder of Cyclarity, a company working on reversing atherosclerosis

On East Asian drinking culture

The ultimate lab leak debate

Why did supersonic airliners fail.

Supersonic airliners coming back

Casey Handmer on making fuel out of air

On David Sinclair, sirtuins, and resveratrol

Devon Zuegel, Jan Sramek, and MIke Solana on California Forever

A TV show: Three Body Problem

A song: Syren

A book: How Big Things get done