Unlikely Eats

Everything Eats And Is Eaten

Drew M Dalton | Aeon | 22nd August 2025

An understanding of thermodynamics has had a profound impact on nearly every branch of the natural sciences. We have yet to fully grasp the philosophical implications of “entropic decay”. A good starting point, perhaps, is to admit that “the universe will end” and that its function “is to hasten this extinction”. “The flourishing of life is always contributing to the eventual collapse of the cosmos” (4,300 words)

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The Unlikely Revival Of Nuclear Batteries

James Blanchard | IEEE Spectrum | 25th August 2025

The first nuclear-powered pacemaker was implanted in 1970. Its batteries could run for decades without maintenance, a relief to those who had needed surgery every few years to change their pacemaker’s battery. But regulators soon banned them when the batteries proved hard to track. The last known nuclear pacemaker was implanted in 1988. Nuclear batteries seemed destined for obscurity, until the 2000s (4,300 words)