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Science journalism, scicomm, and science fiction prototyping to bring science and society closer together.

Newsletter · By Philipp Markolin, PhD · English · Official site

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Aug 18, 2026
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  1. Issue · Aug 18, 2026

    Biased media coverage and the lab leak theory (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Jul 28, 2026

    The Fauci diaries are a predictable bust (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Jul 3, 2026

    The Science Counterpunch Insights Library (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Neutral tone

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    I´m not going to lie. It often feels impossible to keep on top of things these days, between career, raising two young kids, health challenges and just trying to function, the day has few hours left to think about what I can do to make a difference in public discourse, or just as a citizen with a democratic inclination to fight rising authoritarianism and anti-science grifters. I know many readers here are similarily exhausted; so this is not to complain but to show that maybe there are small th

  4. Issue · Jul 3, 2026

    AI policy (opens the original)

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    Why AI?Protagonist Science is a little digital corner that tries to bring science and society closer together. That mission only works if readers can trust what they find here is not only well sourced, reasoned and argued for; but also not build to steal their time, money or emotional engagement. Consequently, I have seen the rise of generative AI very critically, as do I see the whole campaign to shove AI chatbots down everybodies’ throats so robber billionaires can become feudal godkings while

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