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Science and medicine, well written.

We gather the best-written pieces in science and medicine — chosen for craft, not news — and add a working writer's notes on exactly why each one works, and what you can steal from it. One piece a month; a full review every quarter.

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Quarterly · Issue 01

The best-written science and medicine of the quarter

Q3 2026

Five picks, two full craft annotations — Bruenig's measles essay and the baffling science of SSRIs — plus a decoded term and this quarter's assignment.

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Monthly

One well-written piece — and why it works

October 2026

This month: Georgia Michelman in Knowable on psychosis that may start in the immune system — a model of how to hold two risks, missed diagnosis and overdiagnosis, in one frame.

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What you get

Monthly — one piece

A single standout piece of science or medicine writing, with the one move worth stealing. A two-minute read, once a month.

Quarterly — the full review

Five of the quarter's finest pieces, two given the full deep-read treatment, plus a decoded appraisal term and a short assignment. Downloadable as a PDF.

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Q3 2026 Issue 01 — The best-written science and medicine of the quarter Quarterly October 2026 Fire in the brain: how psychosis may arise when the body attacks itself Monthly September 2026 Have people stopped trusting science? Monthly

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