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The best math and physics journalism in the world, delivered as a weekly digest of genuinely rigorous, genuinely readable features.
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Astral Codex Ten
Several times a week
by Scott Alexander
Long essays on medicine, statistics, and clear reasoning — the kind of writing people print out. Or, better, read as a book.
The Intrinsic Perspective
Roughly weekly
by Erik Hoel
A neuroscientist-novelist on consciousness, science, and culture — essays that argue for something and stay with you.
Construction Physics
Weekly
by Brian Potter
Why is building things so hard? Deeply researched pieces on construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure.
Works in Progress
New issues periodically
Essay collections on scientific and economic progress — magazine-length pieces that genuinely need a comfortable reading device.
Nautilus
Weekly
Literary science writing that connects research to philosophy and culture, one theme at a time.
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