The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• Graham Platner’s campaign implosion highlights the hollowness of America’s political parties and how they can be hijacked by insurgents [3d]
• Cacti spines, snake fangs, snail love darts – oh my! How function drives the evolution of nature’s puncture tools [3d]
• Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions [3d]
• From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention [3d]
• Florida’s proposed property tax cuts rely on a population boom that has slowed dramatically [3d]
• The church fathers of early Christianity are showing their swag – on TikTok [3d]
• Beyond birds and mice, free-ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects [3d]
• Surge pricing is broken – but there’s a smarter way to match gig workers with consumers [3d]
• Ivermectin isn’t a cancer miracle drug, but influencers claim otherwise – here’s how to avoid sprinting past scientific evidence [3d]
• Fertilizers carry a hidden cost for soil’s crucial microbes – using less as prices rise might pay off for farms in unexpected ways [3d]