This might not quite be what you are looking for, but my favorite piece of writing that is science-adjacent is Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!.
As for current stuff, I work in pharma development, so there aren't great sources out there. A lot of the studies that are published in places like phys.org or medicalxpress.com (or other wire-like services) pertain to very early stage drug discovery things, not formulation and device development. I tend to keep a tab open to fiercepharma and fiercebiotech for industry news. Other than that, there are a handful of academics that tend to share papers on linkedin or twitter that usually get passed around in the office if people find it interesting.