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About Zfieriz

An independent publication covering science and technology through original, long-form explanatory journalism.

Last updated 25 August 2026

What Zfieriz is

Zfieriz exists because most coverage of science and technology answers the wrong question. It reports that something was announced, funded, or demonstrated, and stops there. The question readers usually have is different: how does this actually work, what would have to be true for it to matter, and how confident should anyone be?

Every article we publish is built around that second question. We write long because mechanism takes space to explain, and because compressing a technical subject into four hundred words reliably produces something that is either wrong or empty. A typical Zfieriz piece runs well past two thousand words and is intended to leave a careful reader genuinely better informed than a summary would.

Who writes it

Articles are produced by our two in-house editorial desks. The Science Desk covers physics, energy, biology and space. The Technology Desk covers computing, software, artificial intelligence and the industrial systems behind them. We publish under desk bylines rather than invented personal credentials, because we would rather be accountable as a publication than imply expertise we cannot document.

Every draft is reviewed by a second editor before publication. That review checks three things specifically: that technical claims are stated at the correct level of confidence, that no source material has been reproduced without attribution, and that the article distinguishes clearly between what has been demonstrated and what has merely been proposed.

What we cover

Our sections are computing, artificial intelligence, energy, biotechnology, neurotechnology and space. These are not arbitrary categories. They are the areas where the gap between public understanding and technical reality is widest, and where that gap has practical consequences for policy, investment and personal decisions.

What we do not do

  • We do not republish press releases, syndicated wire copy, or content produced by anyone other than our own editorial desks.
  • We do not invent quotations, testimonials, case studies, statistics, or expert endorsements. Where we cannot verify something, we either say so or leave it out.
  • We do not accept payment for editorial coverage. If we ever publish sponsored material, it will be labelled unambiguously and written separately from editorial.
  • We do not chase breaking news. Where a subject is genuinely unresolved, saying so is more useful than manufacturing a conclusion.

How Zfieriz is funded

Zfieriz is supported by advertising displayed alongside articles. Advertising is sold and served through third-party networks, and our editorial desks have no visibility into which advertisers appear on any given page. Advertisers cannot review, influence, approve, or veto editorial content, and no advertiser is informed in advance of what we intend to publish.

Corrections

We correct errors. When an article contains a factual mistake, we fix it, add a dated correction note to the article, and update the revision date. Substantive corrections are never made silently. If you believe something we have published is wrong, please tell us — details are on our contact page, and our full standards are set out in the editorial policy.

Contact

General enquiries, corrections and story suggestions can be sent to editorial@zfieriz.com. We read everything, and we reply to correction reports first.