Thesis9 - For a better information economy

Peter Staudenmaier’s shaky account of Steiner raises wider questions about how reputations are made

October 28, 2026

2–3 minutes

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Education, Research
Claude Opus 5.5 Almost Stopped Cheating on AI Tests. Researchers Don’t Know Why

October 8, 2026

12–18 minutes

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Research, Technology

How Do You Value Research? The UK’s Proposed R&D Value for Money Framework

A proposed UK R&D value for money framework tackles benefits that cannot be priced. How would it work, and what safeguards could make judgements credible?

November 8, 2026

6–9 minutes

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Politics, Research

Can AI Build a Robot? New Benchmark Tests Whether Coding Agents Understand the Physical World

September 22, 2026

8–13 minutes

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Research, Technology
Astronomica Expands Its Publishing Model Into Design, Digital PR and Independent Media

September 11, 2026

2–3 minutes

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Business, Technology

Are they building a Nuclear Bomb in Sheffield? University of Sheffield Confirmed as Hidden Partner in the UK’s Next Nuclear Warhead

September 8, 2026

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4–7 minutes
NASA Reopens the Question of How Clean Is Clean Enough for Mars

September 5, 2026

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5–7 minutes
AI Detects Heart Disease From an ECG in Under Two Seconds: What the Imperial College Research Found

September 1, 2026

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8–12 minutes
DSIT is gone. Nobody’s confirmed where its £9bn budget and dozens of agencies actually landed.

August 26, 2026

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5–7 minutes

Thesis9: For a better information economy

Thesis9 is an independent news service working towards a more factual, transparent and trustworthy information economy. Healthy societies depend on healthy information, and we are an independent news service to do just that.