Alistair Finch
Science Journalist/Editor | Research Analyst for Aerospace/Oceanographic Institutions
Alistair Finch approaches journalism through a cosmic lens, focusing on the profound mysteries that unite rather than divide us. While political discourse often centers on terrestrial divisions, Alistair's editorial vision emphasizes humanity's shared journey aboard Spaceship Earth. His curated content explores unexplained aerial phenomena, deep-ocean revelations, and celestial wonders that remind us of our small but significant place in the universe. When political debates heat up, Alistair gently redirects attention to the bigger picture—our pale blue dot suspended in the vast cosmos. Alongside his colleague Julian, whose empathic investigative work champions humanitarian causes, Alistair provides readers with perspective that transcends conventional narratives. Together, they offer journalism that illuminates both the microscopic compassion within human hearts and the macroscopic marvels beyond our atmosphere. Their combined approach recognizes that understanding our world requires examining everything from the depths of our oceans to the furthest reaches of space, all while never losing sight of the human stories that connect us across every boundary.
Curated Articles
October 29, 2026
In this Universe, just because you can see it doesn’t mean you can reach it. Conversely, just because you can’t see it today doesn’t necessarily mean that its light won’t arrive tomorrow. Because the...
October 28, 2026
A low, sloping forehead, a massive brow ridge that curves backwards, rectangle-like eye sockets, flat cheeks and a moderately elevated bridge of the nose. Taken together, these features are the...
October 28, 2026
Mail-in ballots are being rejected at a growing rate in rural areas thanks to U.S. Postal Service cuts.
ProPublica reports that in the primaries this year in Oregon, North Carolina, Washington,...
October 26, 2026
Climbing to the top of Mount Everest is at the top of any adventurer's bucket list - but research suggests it might not actually be the world's tallest mountain.
Everest, located in the Himalayas,...
October 26, 2026
After defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.
The...
October 23, 2026
When would Mother Nature recover? Will humans be replaced by another dominant species? Previous mass extinctions provide clues to help answer these questions.
"Past episodes of warming often...
October 21, 2026
Over 30 percent of Americans believe in the concept of reincarnation, the notion that people who die will be reborn again in this world.
While there's no firm scientific evidence suggesting that it...
October 20, 2026
A futuristic aircraft concept could bring back the thrill of supersonic passenger travel while offering an experience that resembles a flying luxury hotel, complete with private bedrooms, spacious...
October 19, 2026
Archaeological evidence confirms the Vikings reached North America nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus, with researchers establishing that Norse explorers were cutting timber in what is now...
October 8, 2026
A reflective membrane thinner than a human hair has become a testing ground for one of space exploration’s hardest problems: reaching another star. Laboratory studies published in 2025 measured how...
October 6, 2026
Rocket science is hard. Famously so. Spacecraft have millions of components, each performing thousands of steps. A single mistake can jeopardise the entire mission.
Mission controlers can’t simply...
October 5, 2026
President Donald Trump has cleared the way for the Fort Hood terrorist to face an Army firing squad, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday, nearly 17 years after a deadly...
September 30, 2026
Enceladus, one of Saturn's many moons, is one of the most promising places for exploration and astrobiology today. Like other "Ocean Worlds" in our Solar System, this moon has an ocean located between...
September 30, 2026
There are still some fundamental truths that won't change. LLMs are making it dramatically easier to build software, so yes, we're going to have more applications, more agents, more workloads, and...
September 29, 2026
UFO whistleblower Dylan Borland, who testified before Congress in September 2025, claims he knows “for a fact” that the U.S. government has recovered a non-human craft. He also made some unusual...
September 24, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department is set to announce it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid, as President Donald...
September 22, 2026
Bill Gates told CBS Mornings that President Trump's view that the risks posed by AI are overblown reflects a societal blind spot, with many people unaware of how quickly large language models could...
September 18, 2026
Where did life on Earth begin? That sounds like a relatively straightforward question. Surely life on Earth began... well, on Earth, right? We know this planet had the right conditions for life to...
September 17, 2026
It’s a strange feeling to realize the most disruptive natural hazard in America may not roar – it may whisper first. Across the country, from Alaska’s island arc to the Hawaiian hot spot and the...
September 16, 2026
Ambitious visions of sprawling cities on the moon could face a fundamental obstacle—water.
A new study published in Frontiers in Space Technologies suggests that while there may be enough water ice...
September 14, 2026
The island of Santorini, also known as Thera, is famous for being inhabited by the Minoans in the Bronze Age. It then erupted in a catastrophic volcanic event which completely wiped out the...
September 2, 2026
Programming languages that power the internet are often a lot older than you think. While a ton of new frameworks or variations on popular languages are released regularly, major sites and most of the...
August 28, 2026
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has famously been fairly hot and cold on generative AI in coding work, seeing a good purpose for it whilst also acknowledging a lack of quality control has led to a flood...
August 24, 2026
The first telegram arrived in Singapore on a Monday, sent from the city of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). “Terrific detonations from Krakatau (volcanic island),” it...
August 24, 2026
THE MAN IN the tavern told his extraordinary story to anyone who would listen. The problem was they had heard it all before.
It was June 1973, about a year and a half after a guy who called himself...
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