Artificial Intelligence
Networks are math squares disguised as drawings
This is why neural networks are linear algebra under the hood
Paper Roundup 3.2.2026
A human-curated research roundup published each Tuesday
Maybe don't call exoplanets "Earth-like" until the 2040s
A plea and a note on science communication
Paper Roundup 27.1.2026
A human-curated research roundup published each Tuesday
Hot rocks are what's cool in rocky exoplanet research
Habitable zone? Pfft. For exciting planetary science discoveries, keep your eye on lava worlds and hot rocks.
Paper Roundup 20.1.2026
A human-curated research roundup published each Tuesday
A bad month for space whales
Two new papers on Europa and Titan complicate the case for habitable oceans on the icy moons. They're still our best bet for finding aliens.
Paper Roundup 13.1.2026
A human-curated research roundup published each Tuesday
Paper Roundup December 2025: computing billiards, an impossible atmosphere, and Roman constructions
Papers on big questions at the frontiers of science, curated by hand each month
More than words: prosody in the brain
The brain's dedicated hardware for handling the melody of speech overlaps with regions involved in language processing and recognizing facial expressions.
There's no gene for being human
Barbara Molz found supposedly extinct ancient gene variants in hundreds of modern humans. They don't seem to do much.
What do space sugars tell us about the origin of life?
The mystery of life's origin is not a missing magic ingredient, it's a missing process.
Paper Roundup November 2025: Mars lightning, language processing, and autism microbiome
This month's curated list of interesting new papers