
Heterodox STEM is a collection of posts by heterodox thinkers in STEM fields.
| Platform | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly | |
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| Issues | 325 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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On my Saturday morning bike ride with Jeff, he started, “Evan, that FIRE podcast was excellent,” then he added (without the hint of irony), “but I gotta ask, how did you get on it?” There can be no hurt feelings between biking buddies.
The...
In 1926, on the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the final text of the Declaration of Independence, Calvin Coolidge gave a speech in which he said,
“About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often a...
It is fashionable to lament American schooling, criticising the teachers, the curricula, the assessment systems, and the outcomes. The prevailing opinion is that the current system is dire. It is not. In terms of international comparisons i...
No research, no data, no discussion of brain chemistry or societal development, none of it, a Champlain College student wrote, could change the student’s views. Nothing would.
This wasn’t a social media post or a protest chant. This wa...
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...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I am a professor at the University of Chicago.
I am an Associate Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Sciences at Cornell University. I call myself a natural philosopher as I see no real divisions between the scientific disciplines. My research is on the nature of light.
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.
Economic historian, finance theorist, and fan of reasoned debate
I'm a scientist. Posts here are likely to be about the nature and philosophy of science, and about societal issues such as secularism and free speech: reality above ideology; free speech above taboos.
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.
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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.
Whistleblower, but on my off days I can bake an enviable pie or spin a yarn. Wielder of a dry wit, hobbies include fist shaking, compulsive questioning, and running with dogs in cold rain.
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
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