What we are reading on October 7, 2026
Take a look at these stories and tell me what you think about what we found online this week.
Nobel prize in medicine 2026 awarded for research into mysteries of brain
Three scientists to share 12m Swedish kronor prize for their work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
Nicola Davis
Iran’s oil minister resigns as country’s economic crisis worsens
Departure comes amid large drop in oil receipts, rampant inflation and shrinking economy
Patrick Wintour
The Work - Believer Magazine
A few years ago I met a guy who used to go to wrestling school. The whole point of wrestling school, he explained, is to learn how to perform gymnastics that appear to be real fighting but are actually just short of real, so that you don’t hurt yourself or your opponent—or, at least, so you […]
Ginger Greene
We Won’t Know the Answers to AI’s Most Important Questions Until It’s Too Late
“I believe there’s about a 50% chance we all die because of the development of smarter-than-human AI systems,” writes Geoffrey Irving.
Geoffrey Irving
Refinance demand is now half what it was a year ago, as mortgage rates rise again
Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in nearly three years, causing demand for both refinancing and homebuying to decline even further.
Diana Olick
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