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4.7
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Richard Dawkins

science
book
4.3
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The Structure of Reality

David Deutsch

sciencephilosophy
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4.3
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The Ancestor's Tale

Richard Dawkins

science
book
4.4
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Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

technologyscience
podcast
4.6
9/10DeepSep 2024

Making Sense

Sam Harris

philosophyscience
podcast
4.5
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Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Sean Carroll

sciencephilosophy
podcast
4.7
9/10DeepMay 2024

In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg

historyphilosophy
podcast
4.7
9/10DeepJun 2024

Rationally Speaking

Julia Galef

philosophyscience
podcast
4.5
9/10DeepNov 2024

Complexity Podcast

Santa Fe Institute

sciencemathematics
podcast
4.4
9/10DeepDec 2024

Brain Inspired

Paul Middlebrooks

sciencetechnology
podcast
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The Insight

Razib Khan

sciencehistory
podcast
4.3
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Sean Carroll: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Sean Carroll

sciencemathematics
podcast
4.6
9/10DeepAug 2024

Lex Fridman — Interview with Roger Penrose

Lex Fridman

sciencephilosophy
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4.7
9/10DeepJan 2024

Making Sense — The Moral Landscape

Sam Harris

philosophyscience
podcast
4.4
9/10DeepMay 2024

Mindscape — David Chalmers on the Hard Problem

Sean Carroll

philosophyscience
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4.6
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PBS Space Time: Quantum Entanglement

Matt O'Dowd

science
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4.5
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Henry Reich

science
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4.5
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Sabine Hossenfelder: Is the Universe Deterministic?

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sciencephilosophy
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Ben Krasnow

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4.5
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Mithuna Yoganathan

sciencemathematics
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Derek Muller

science
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4.7
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philosophyscience
website
4.7
9/10DeepOct 2024

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Simons Foundation

sciencemathematics
website
4.8
9/10DeepNov 2024

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NautilusThink

sciencephilosophy
website
4.5
9/10DeepApr 2024

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economicsscience
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Complexity Explorer

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sciencemathematics
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4.4
9/10DeepMay 2024

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Inference

sciencemathematics
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4.2
9/10ExtremeMay 2024

The Intrinsic Perspective

Erik Hoel

sciencephilosophy
substack
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AI Snake Oil

Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor

technologyscience
substack
4.4
9/10DeepSep 2024

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Carbon Brief

sciencepolitics
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4.5
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Nature Briefing

Nature

science
substack
4.5
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Science Magazine News

AAAS

science
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4.5
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Aeon Newsletter

Aeon

philosophyscience
substack
4.4
9/10DeepJan 2024

Quanta Magazine Newsletter

Simons Foundation

sciencemathematics
substack
4.7
9/10DeepAug 2024

Edge Weekly Digest

Edge.org

sciencephilosophy
substack
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philosophyscience
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4.3
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technologyscience
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4.3
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Sean Carroll

sciencephilosophy
twitter
4.5
9/10DeepAug 2024

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technologyscience
twitter
4.3
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Razib Khan

sciencehistory
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Jeff Hawkins

scienceai
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technologyai
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Katherine Gorman

technologyai
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technologyai
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Google DeepMind

technologyai
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Sebastian Ruder

technologyai
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PBS Space Time

science
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Amanda Gefter

historyscience
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Yuval Noah Harari

historyscience
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Stephen Hawking

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book
4.6
8/10ModerateDec 2024

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

historyscience
book
4.5
8/10ModerateJan 2024

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Richard Dawkins

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book
4.5
8/10ModerateSep 2024

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

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4.5
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4.3
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James Gleick

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sciencehistory
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4.6
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Thinking in Systems

Donella Meadows

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4.6
8/10ModerateSep 2024

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Hans Rosling

scienceeconomics
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4.5
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David Epstein

psychologyscience
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4.3
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Carlo Rovelli

sciencephilosophy
book
4.4
8/10ModerateSep 2024

The Lives of a Cell

Lewis Thomas

scienceliterature
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4.5
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The Act of Creation

Arthur Koestler

psychologyscience
book
4.1
8/10DeepSep 2024

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M. Mitchell Waldrop

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book
4.4
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

sciencehistory
book
4.5
8/10ModerateDec 2024

Biocentrism

Robert Lanza

sciencephilosophy
book
3.9
8/10ModerateApr 2024

The Tao of Physics

Fritjof Capra

sciencephilosophy
book
4.1
8/10ModerateMar 2024

RadioLab

Jad Abumrad

sciencephilosophy
podcast
4.6
8/10ModerateMay 2024

Huberman Lab

Andrew Huberman

sciencepsychology
podcast
4.5
8/10DeepJun 2024

After On

Rob Reid

technologyscience
podcast
4.2
8/10DeepJul 2024

Context with Brad Harris

Brad Harris

historyscience
podcast
4.5
8/10DeepSep 2024

The Portal

Eric Weinstein

mathematicsscience
podcast
4.1
8/10DeepJan 2024

The Origins Podcast

Lawrence Krauss

sciencephilosophy
podcast
4.3
8/10DeepOct 2024

The Dissenter

Ricardo Lopes

sciencephilosophy
podcast
4.2
8/10DeepMar 2024

Flash Forward

Rose Eveleth

technologyscience
podcast
4.3
8/10ModerateDec 2024

Ologies

Alie Ward

science
podcast
4.6
8/10ModerateSep 2024

Our Opinions Are Correct

Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders

scienceliterature
podcast
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Unconfuse Me

Bill Gates

technologyscience
podcast
4.2
8/10ModerateJun 2024

Veritasium: The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve

Derek Muller

mathematicsscience
video
4.7
8/10ModerateNov 2024

Vsauce: What Is the Speed of Dark?

Michael Stevens

sciencephilosophy
video
4.8
8/10ModerateOct 2024

Real Engineering: The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird

Brian McManus

technologyscience
video
4.6
8/10ModerateJul 2024

Lemmino: The Great Silence

Lemmino

sciencephilosophy
video
4.7
8/10ModerateMar 2024

NativLang: How Languages Evolve

NativLang

historyscience
video
4.5
8/10DeepJan 2024

SmarterEveryDay: The Backwards Brain Bicycle

Destin Sandlin

sciencepsychology
video
4.6
8/10ModerateDec 2024

melodysheep: TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE

John D. Boswell

science
video
4.8
8/10ModerateJan 2024

hbomberguy: Vaccines: A Measured Response

Harris Brewis

science
video
4.5
8/10DeepMay 2024

Climate Town: Who Is Responsible for Climate Change?

Rollie Williams

sciencepolitics
video
4.4
8/10ModerateNov 2024

Periodic Videos: Uranium

Brady Haran / Martyn Poliakoff

science
video
4.5
8/10ModerateAug 2024

Medlife Crisis: Why Doctors Hate Alternative Medicine

Rohin Francis

science
video
4.4
8/10ModerateJun 2024

The Royal Institution: Christmas Lectures

Various Scientists

sciencesociety
video
4.5
8/10ModerateJun 2024

Physics Girl: Quantum Entanglement Demo

Dianna Cowern

science
video
4.4
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Science Asylum: What Is Spacetime, Really?

Nick Lucid

scienceai
video
4.3
8/10DeepDec 2024

Arvin Ash: What Is Entropy?

Arvin Ash

science
video
4.3
8/10ModerateDec 2024

Astrum: The Moons of Jupiter

Alex McColgan

science
video
4.4
8/10ModerateOct 2024

Objectivity: Newton's Principia at the Royal Society

Brady Haran

historyscience
video
4.5
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Thought Emporium: Growing Real Crystals

Thought Emporium

science
video
4.3
8/10DeepAug 2024

Kurzgesagt: The Immune System Explained

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

science
video
4.7
8/10LiteJul 2024

Vsauce: Is Anything Real?

Michael Stevens

philosophyscience
video
4.7
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

Real Engineering: How SpaceX Lands Rockets

Brian McManus

technologyscience
video
4.6
8/10ModerateJul 2024

The Conversation

Academic Consortium

sciencepolitics
website
4.3
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Ars Technica

Condé Nast

technologyscience
website
4.5
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

Works in Progress

Various

scienceeconomics
website
4.4
8/10DeepMay 2024

JSTOR Daily

JSTOR

sciencehistory
website
4.3
8/10ModerateNov 2024

Sapiens.org

Wenner-Gren Foundation

sciencehistory
website
4.4
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Knowable Magazine

Annual Reviews

science
website
4.4
8/10ModerateMay 2024

3 Quarks Daily

Abbas Raza

philosophyscience
website
4.3
8/10ModerateNov 2024

Experimental History

Adam Mastroianni

psychologyscience
substack
4.4
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Doomberg

Doomberg

economicsscience
substack
4.2
8/10DeepMar 2024

Volts

David Roberts

technologyscience
substack
4.3
8/10DeepMar 2024

Dynomight

Dynomight

sciencepsychology
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

Heatmap News

Heatmap

sciencepolitics
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Things I Won't Work With

Derek Lowe

science
substack
4.6
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

In the Pipeline

Derek Lowe

science
substack
4.3
8/10DeepJul 2024

The Garden of Forking Paths

Erik Hoel et al.

philosophyscience
substack
4.1
8/10DeepFeb 2024

MIT Technology Review Newsletter

MIT

technologyscience
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateSep 2024

Nautilus Newsletter

NautilusThink

sciencephilosophy
substack
4.3
8/10DeepFeb 2024

Works in Progress Newsletter

Various

scienceeconomics
substack
4.3
8/10DeepJun 2024

@sapinker

Steven Pinker

psychologyscience
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateDec 2024

@ProfEmilyOster

Emily Oster

economicsscience
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateOct 2024

@dynomight7

Dynomight

sciencepsychology
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateSep 2024

@RichardDawkins

Richard Dawkins

science
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateDec 2024

@veritasium

Derek Muller

sciencetechnology
twitter
4.7
8/10ModerateJan 2024

@Kurzgesagt

Kurzgesagt

sciencephilosophy
twitter
4.8
8/10LiteOct 2024

@tomscott

Tom Scott

technologyscience
twitter
4.6
8/10LiteApr 2024

@MelMitchell1

Melanie Mitchell

technologyscience
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepMar 2024

@EricRWeinstein

Eric Weinstein

mathematicsscience
twitter
3.9
8/10DeepSep 2024

@edyong209

Ed Yong

science
twitter
4.5
8/10ModerateJun 2024

@carlzimmer

Carl Zimmer

science
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateJul 2024

@tomaspueyo

Tomas Pueyo

scienceeconomics
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateOct 2024

@sarahzhang

Sarah Zhang

science
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateOct 2024

@NAChristakis

Nicolas Christakis

sciencepsychology
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepMar 2024

@hardmaru

David Ha

technologyscience
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

Melanie Mitchell

technologyai
book
4.3
8/10ModerateFeb 2025

The Worlds I See

Fei-Fei Li

technologyai
book
4.4
8/10ModerateMar 2025

The Master Algorithm

Pedro Domingos

technologyai
book
4
8/10DeepMar 2025

Rebooting AI

Gary Marcus

technologyai
book
4
8/10ModerateMar 2025

The Singularity Is Nearer

Ray Kurzweil

technologyai
book
4
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Data Skeptic

Kyle Polich

technologyai
podcast
4
8/10ModerateMar 2025

Computerphile: AI & Machine Learning

University of Nottingham

technologyai
video
4.4
8/10ModerateFeb 2025

@geoffreyhinton

Geoffrey Hinton

scienceai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@drfeifei

Fei-Fei Li

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@tegmark

Max Tegmark

scienceai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@GoogleDeepMind

Google DeepMind

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@percyliang

Percy Liang

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@YejinChoinka

Yejin Choi

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

BPS Research Digest

British Psychological Society

psychologyscience
website
4.3
8/10ModerateApr 2025

The Fermi Paradox

Tim Urban

sciencephilosophy
article
4.6
8/10ModerateJul 2026

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Brian Cox & Robin Ince

science
podcast
4.5
7/10LiteAug 2024

Science Vs

Wendy Zukerman

science
podcast
4.4
7/10LiteMay 2024

Stuff You Should Know

Josh Clark & Chuck Bryant

science
podcast
4.4
7/10LiteMar 2024

Factually!

Adam Conover

sciencesociety
podcast
4.2
7/10LiteJun 2024

Star Talk

Neil deGrasse Tyson

sciencesociety
podcast
4.3
7/10LiteAug 2024

TED Radio Hour

NPR / Manoush Zomorodi

sciencephilosophy
podcast
4.3
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Cleo Abram

technologyscience
video
4.4
7/10LiteAug 2024

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TierZoo

science
video
4.5
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ElectroBOOM: Rectifying Myths About Electricity

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technologyscience
video
4.6
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Big Think: Michio Kaku on the Future of Humanity

Various

sciencetechnology
video
4.2
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Journey to the Microcosmos

science
video
4.5
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sciencepsychology
video
4.3
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Map Men: Why Every Map of the World Is Wrong

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sciencehistory
video
4.5
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4.4
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substack
4.1
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substack
4.4
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4.1
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4.3
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4.2
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