# Weirdly Scientific Curious, strange, or thought-provoking things from the world of science and tech ## Entries **[[2025-05-03]]**: [Governing through Design](https://governingthrough.design) is a research collaboration funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation that reconceives design as the invisible framework guiding collective life. It treats cities, labs, and ecosystems as living classrooms for civic experimentation, showing step by step how every built form, interface, or procedural rule carries embedded instructions for behavior, channels power relations, and translates high-level policies into the rhythms of daily routines. **04/04/2025**: [Hype Studies](https://hypestudies.org/) is a transnational collective of researchers interested in how hype operates across science and technology. The group explores hype as a sociotechnical phenomenon, one that shapes expectations, policies, and imaginaries, often blending uncertainty, fiction, and strategic communication. Members examine how hype can drive innovation, obscure risks, or concentrate power, treating it as both an object of critique and a lens for understanding contemporary developments in emerging technologies.