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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch)↗ nwo.nl · HN · 260 comments · 320 points · Jul 07, 2026
Claude Science↗ claude.com · HN · 174 comments · 564 points · Jun 30, 2026
U.S. science is in chaos↗ scientificamerican.com · HN · 1111 comments · 881 points · Jun 17, 2026
Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 108 comments · 313 points · Mar 13, 2026
We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science↗ theguardian.com · HN · 550 comments · 519 points · Feb 19, 2026
2025754 stories
Ilya Sutskever: We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research↗ dwarkesh.com · HN · 355 comments · 450 points · Nov 25, 2025
No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off↗ steveblank.com · HN · 498 comments · 724 points · Oct 13, 2025
The scientific “unit” we call the decibel↗ lcamtuf.substack.com · HN · 491 comments · 644 points · May 22, 2025
How the U.S. became a science superpower↗ steveblank.com · HN · 501 comments · 480 points · Apr 15, 2025
What's happening inside the NIH and NSF↗ science.org · HN · 1536 comments · 957 points · Feb 04, 2025
2024639 stories
Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences↗ science.org · HN · 519 comments · 286 points · Dec 13, 2024
Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science↗ reason.com · HN · 994 comments · 499 points · Nov 18, 2024
A Revolution in Biology?↗ bitsofwonder.co · HN · 183 comments · 298 points · Jun 09, 2024
Scandal at America's top science fair↗ karlstack.com · HN · 211 comments · 290 points · May 22, 2024
The phrase "no evidence" is a red flag for bad science communication (2021)↗ astralcodexten.com · HN · 272 comments · 294 points · Jan 08, 2024
2023741 stories
How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments↗ lithub.com · HN · 9 comments · 36 points · Oct 04, 2023
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter↗ nature.com · HN · 32 comments · 66 points · Aug 16, 2023
A Caltech Nobel laureate celebrates his 100th birthday. Then gets back to work↗ latimes.com · HN · 13 comments · 37 points · Jul 22, 2023
India’s caste system limits diversity in science↗ nature.com · HN · 19 comments · 35 points · Jan 12, 2023
How to slow down scientific progress, according to Leo Szilard↗ rootsofprogress.org · HN · 9 comments · 84 points · Jan 05, 2023
2022778 stories
“Science must respect the dignity and rights of all humans”↗ nature.com · HN · 812 comments · 357 points · Aug 25, 2022
Dentistry is less scientific and more gratuitous than people think (2019)↗ theatlantic.com · HN · 342 comments · 366 points · Jun 18, 2022
Scientist busts myths about how humans burn calories↗ science.org · HN · 727 comments · 755 points · Feb 18, 2022
In the end, you're treated like a spy, says MIT scientist↗ nytimes.com · HN · 446 comments · 336 points · Jan 26, 2022
The Demise of Scientific American↗ scottaaronson.blog · HN · 413 comments · 563 points · Jan 03, 2022
2021814 stories
It takes a PhD to develop that↗ blog.royalsloth.eu · HN · 410 comments · 621 points · Oct 04, 2021
Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in science↗ nature.com · HN · 256 comments · 329 points · Aug 08, 2021
“Computer science is not about computers”↗ quoteinvestigator.com · HN · 277 comments · 288 points · May 30, 2021
Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 shouldn't be ruled out↗ technologyreview.com · HN · 618 comments · 592 points · Apr 09, 2021
“Why We Sleep” Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors↗ guzey.com · HN · 151 comments · 312 points · Apr 03, 2021
2020852 stories
Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like one (2012)↗ blogs.scientificamerican.com · HN · 228 comments · 320 points · Jun 06, 2020
Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone would explain better?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 813 comments · 607 points · Apr 26, 2020
Please Fund More Science↗ blog.samaltman.com · HN · 189 comments · 380 points · Mar 30, 2020
Open letter from Italy to the international scientific community↗ left.it · HN · 693 comments · 1095 points · Mar 14, 2020
Epistemic standards for “Why did it take so long to invent X?”↗ rootsofprogress.org · HN · 191 comments · 326 points · Mar 01, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Meet the Ig Nobel Prize Winners↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 46 comments · 119 points · Sep 05, 2026
NSF memo implementing Trump's 'golden age' of science unsettles researchers↗ science.org · HN · 17 comments · 38 points · Sep 16, 2026
Jason Arday and the Corruption of Science↗ chronicleofhighereducation.substack.com · HN · 1 comments · 37 points · Sep 13, 2026
Did Anthropic's A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?↗ nytimes.com · HN · 4 comments · 11 points · Sep 27, 2026
Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 283 comments · 297 points · Aug 09, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Meet the Ig Nobel Prize Winners↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 46 comments · 119 points · Sep 05, 2026
NSF memo implementing Trump's 'golden age' of science unsettles researchers↗ science.org · HN · 17 comments · 38 points · Sep 16, 2026
Jason Arday and the Corruption of Science↗ chronicleofhighereducation.substack.com · HN · 1 comments · 37 points · Sep 13, 2026
Ig Nobel Prize Winners↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 0 comments · 18 points · Sep 03, 2026
Anthropic is no longer a frontier lab↗ twitter.com · HN · 2 comments · 13 points · Sep 12, 2026
Did Anthropic's A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?↗ nytimes.com · HN · 4 comments · 11 points · Sep 27, 2026
SciUniverse: Can frontier models carry out scientific work?↗ c5r.net · HN · 0 comments · 8 points · Sep 24, 2026
Anthropic sets up a bio research lab for physical experiments↗ engadget.com · HN · 3 comments · 7 points · Sep 18, 2026
Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers↗ nature.com · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 25, 2026
How Claude is uplifting biomolecular modeling↗ anthropic.com · HN · 1 comments · 6 points · Sep 22, 2026

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