Everyday there seems to be an astonishing new technique in science. 😱

Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-026-03061-z

WTF?! Instead of upgrading school infrastructure, curricula and pay for teachers & staff, they are blowing money on this shit.

I had missed this announcement when Karnataka's budget was presented.

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/karnataka-facial-recognition-attendance-system-in-schools-from-this-year-3597187

₹5000 a month seems like an absolute steal.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g4411en3o

"The ultimate battle is Science versus capitalism. And Science needs to win."

https://youtu.be/Z47KDaBRNe8?si=aosUJmXuBk5ZGzsh

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/

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This is so cool!

Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022283689902970?via%3Dihub

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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/epstein-sciences-paleontology-9.7128103

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Oxfam reports the super rich in the Global North extracted over $30 million per hour from the Global South in 2024. So why does mainstream economics keep telling these countries they just need better institutions?

https://youtu.be/SZUSrglFDz0?si=2sNEzG2x030owe2Z

Len Deighton has died. ☹️

If not for him and le Carré, spy thrillers would have become moribund.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/17/len-deighton-obituary