
Heterodox STEM is a collection of posts by heterodox thinkers in STEM fields.
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Modern people speak endlessly about happiness. Yet when most people use the word, they usually mean some combination of pleasure, comfort, and positive emotions. The good life, we are told, consists of minimizing discomfort and maximizing s...
This is the comment I submitted in response to the OMB call for public comments on the proposed rule on federal financial assistance.
The proposed regulations make it difficult or impossible to use federal grant monies to disseminate the r...
On July 6, the editorial board of the New York Times delivered a damning judgment on the anti-SAT hymnal. It is well argued and doesn’t swoon over the hymnal’s odes to DEI. This matters because the NYT presides over the largest secular chur...
This is the comment I submitted in response to the OMB call for public comments on the proposed rule on federal financial assistance. Comments must be submitted by Monday, July 13, 2026, before the regulations are scheduled to take effect o...
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A new article published in Perspectives in Biology and Medicine argues that science funding in America is being subjected to a dangerous cycle of politicization and counter-politicization that threatens the continuity...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I am a professor at the University of Chicago.
Anna Krylov is a professor of chemistry at the University of Southern California. She received her professional training from Moscow State University, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the University of California, Berkeley.
I am a retired professor of biology, who has been led into heterodox thoughts about the nature of life, adaptation and evolution. I am presently Director of Science Programs at the National Association of Scholars.
Economic historian, finance theorist, and fan of reasoned debate
Specialty: paleoclimate in deep time. Still very active in field research. CV available on request. Outside interests: flying (Cessna 182A), motorcycling (Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special).
Daniel Nuccio holds advanced degrees in bio and psych. When not studying host-microbe relationships in lonely voles, he spends his time moonlighting as a journalist. He is a regular contributor to both The College Fix and The Brownstone Institute.
Luana is a professor of Biology at Williams college. She got her PhD in evolutionary Biology from Cornell University, and her undergraduate and master degrees from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Evan D. Morris is Prof. of Bioimaging at Yale. He develops models to analyze PET images. He led 25 Yale profs to Israel and produced, "Indivisible. The Israeli Academy after Oct 7th": https://www.indivisibleyale.com . He doesn’t use AI for drawing.
Mark D’Souza is a practising Canadian physician and author of Lost and Found: How Meaningless Living is Destroying Us and Three Keys to Fix It
I’m a recently retired professor of neurobiology who has also taught coding, statistics, and a course on “social issues in biology.” I believe we need to do a better job of teaching our students how to have civil discussions on difficult topics.
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