This Week’s Texted Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Science
Space exploration, debates over AI, and stories of wildlife resilience headline this season’s science titles.
Marisa Charpentier |
Our book is a Top 10 selection for next year!
Ig Nobel Prize-winning research: Longevity claims may reflect “lousy birth-and-death recordkeeping” more than accurate human lifespans | Published by Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Regions known for having the world’s highest proportion of centenarians might not actually have them at all, due to faulty documentation.
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
Aisha Down
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
Ronald Purser
This is a MUST READ!
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
Calli McMurray
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
Reuters
Author of “All Quiet on the Western Font”
RFK Jr.’s Deepening Threat to Public Health
The current HHS Secretary is the most dangerous in U.S. history.
Elizabeth Jacobs, James Alwine
House Democrat files impeachment articles against RFK Jr.
The impeachment push by Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., is almost certain to be blocked in the GOP-controlled House.
Scott Wong
Australia kicks the kids off social media
How social networks lost the argument. PLUS: All worked up over Nvidia’s H200
Casey Newton
McDonald’s Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald’s Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
Joe Wilkins
