# space
A new paper making big waves says that the cosmos is 26.7 billion years old. The catch? It relies on phenomena we've never seen before.
# science
According to science, we tend to see ourselves through rose-tinted glasses and forgive ourselves a lot more than we should. And that can be a real problem.
# space
Our spaceships have left the solar system and are heading to the stars. If we want to follow them, we're going to have to reinvent everything, ourselves included.
# longform
Many of us are living in a dystopian future, but realizing that fact and making changes to fix it are much more difficult than it sounds.
# longform
Organized skepticism was once covered in every major publication around the world. Why did it seemingly vanish overnight? And what damage did its implosion leave behind?
# tech
Hollywood writers are once again on strike. Their goal? Nothing less than figuring out how humans and AI can coexist with runaway late-stage capitalism.
# tech
Our nearly inevitable cyborg overlords may have a lot more squish and atomic scale wiring than we were taught to expect by science fiction.
# space
Scientists figured out an ingenious recipe for extra strong concrete perfect for habitats on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
# science
New research into the psychological roots of greed shows that greed may mean access to more money and luxuries, but at the cost of damaging literally everything else.
# oddities
Nine years on, conspiracy theories and questions are still flying around the fate of flight MH370. And they will never stop.
# science
Is time travel possible? What would happen if you did it? How would you do it? The answers to these questions are surprisingly complicated and weird.
# space
Space exploration is about to kick start a new era of nuclear energy and another chance to get the future right.
# oddities
Social media trolls declared "15-minute cities" to be a New World Order plan for open air mass prisons, derailing plans to make North American cities more livable yet again.
# tech
ChatGPT and its competitors are set to turn search, news, and social media into a complete dumpster fire.
# science
According to the news, our planet's core has stopped spinning and will soon reverse. What's really happening is a lot less exciting, but still pretty neat.
