The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• H-bomb creator Richard Garwin was a giant in science, technology and policy [88d]
• Landing on the Moon is an incredibly difficult feat − 2025 has brought successes and shortfalls for companies and space agencies [89d]
• Cultivating obedience: Using the Justice Department to attack former officials consolidates power and deters dissent [89d]
• Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts [89d]
• Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm − a psychologist explains why gestures don’t always land as intended [89d]
• Trump’s vision for Air Force One will turn it from the ‘Flying White House’ to a ‘palace in the sky’ [89d]
• New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the country from its self-imposed shackles [89d]
• Trump’s battle with elite universities overlooks where most students actually go to college [89d]
• ‘Manu jumping’: The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool [89d]
• Placenta bandages have far more health benefits than risky placenta pills − a bioengineer explains [89d]
• Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications [89d]