pressure, memory, and the madness of crowds

Thursday, July 2, 2026

People sang to me when they wanted the monsoon to break.

1. Squeezing EV batteries makes them last twice as long
2. Scott Alexander on the secret joy of parenthood no one warns you about
3. $95 million in looted objects seized from the Met since 2017
4. Ovaries may moonlight as immune organs after menopause
5. Antidepressants flushed into sewers are ending up in rat brains
6. Mitochondrial decline starts earlier than we thought — even in healthy people