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Every Sunday

Every headline deserves a second look.

Each week we take one science headline that travelled far and read the study behind it. Then we say how well the two match.

CLEAR The headline matches the evidence.
BLURRY Right idea, fuzzy on the details that matter.
GLARE The headline shines brighter than the evidence.
IN THE DARK Too early to tell. The evidence isn't in yet.

Episodes

27 Sep 2026 · Second Look #1

Can AI really feel pain?
A preprint found a pain-like signal inside 25 open AI models that, when researchers switched it on, pushed fine-tuned models to pick a simulated "relief" button even at a cost to the user. It did not show that the models feel anything.

GLAREPreprint · not yet peer-reviewed Read the article