The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• A molecule’s ‘handedness’ can determine whether it’s an effective drug – 4 examples of pharmaceuticals where chirality matters [16d]
• Why the assault weapons debate is a culture debate [17d]
• What the law says about armed officers at polling places [17d]
• Meet the ‘independent voters’ who will likely decide which party triumphs in the 2026 midterm elections [17d]
• ‘Make this face look gay’: AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical ‘gay,’ ‘straight’ or ‘criminal’ features [17d]
• Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why [17d]
• AI is changing pilgrims’ journeys, but sacred journeys have always adapted to new technology [17d]
• Handling of rape allegations at Cornell shows why so many assaults go unreported – victims don’t trust the institutions that are supposed to help them [17d]
• How Jim Bakker became the Johnny Carson of Christian TV [17d]
• IceCube is built on decades of research into tiny ‘ghost particles’ – but it was the first to find neutrinos coming from deep space [17d]