David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Book Review: In Bluefin Tuna, Fisheries Science Is Never Neat
July 28, 2023 by Ben Goldfarb Spend enough time in the world of fisheries science, and you’re likely to hear an adage, coined by a researcher named John Shepherd, that neatly encapsulates the field’s uncertainty. Counting fish, the saying goes,…
Reality Redefined: Embracing Change and Uncertainty with Quantum Physics
Quantum physics is a branch of science that explores the very small world of particles at the atomic and subatomic levels. In doing so, it reveals truths about our universe that challenge centuries of assumptions about reality. Here are just…
New same-sex reproduction technique successful in mice
Mice sharing two mothers’ DNA were healthy. Those born to two fathers only lived a few days. Using stem cells and gene editing, researchers in China have created mice born to same-sex parents. Some of the mice had two biological mothers, with…
Is the Placebo Effect the Magic Key To Hidden Wisdom’s Door?
Who does the placebo effect worry most? Doctors or the pharmaceutical industry? Hard to say. But whoever it is, scrambling to explain it away is common. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small The Subversive Placebo Effect Both have…
The universe is a mystery, but we try solving it anyway
Big things we don’t know, mysteries unsolved, and why can’t we do any better than guess about our place in the universe…? Will we ever know enough? Or will the endpoint keep receding? By David Stone From: Assorted Ideas, Large…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor