# health
A common refrain says that we live twice as long as our ancestors while it's our life expectancy that's increased, not our lifespan. And that difference is extremely important to keep in mind.
# tech
Voting online would be easy and convenient for millions of voters. But won't solve big problems and we already have an almost equally convenient way to cast your ballot.
# politics
Thanksgiving marks the start of the winter holidays and the dread associated with having to deal with relatives and family friends you rather wouldn't...
# science
A recent paper with a grim notice about the planet's warming oceans was wrong according to a climate change contrarian. Its authors agree.
# space
How do we know what the insides of Venus or Jupiter look like? The short answer is that we don't. The longer answer is that we make a fairly accurately guess.
# space
Black holes aren't just the densest, most massive objects in space. They might also be some of the fastest.
# longform
Space is becoming a growing commercial industry. And we need to start heavily investing in it to save ourselves from our worst decision makers.
# space
Some 25 underwater mines mysteriously exploded in the summer of 1972. A newly declassified report points its finger at a surprising culprit: the sun.
# space
It turns out that one of the oldest objects in the known universe is only a few thousand light years from Earth.
# science
The best way to understand the fabric of space and time might just involve a fifth state of matter and falling for a really long time...
# space
A new paper about the bizarre interstellar visitor to our solar system says it may well be a lost alien spacecraft. But there's a big snag with that idea...
# politics
The 2018 midterms may be the most important vote today's generations will cast for science, technology, and the basic social contract in America. The future is at stake, literally.
# science
CERN wants to investigate how antimatter falls by creating and dropping anti-hydrogen atoms, adding to our understanding of particle physics and its applications.
# health
The good news is that scientists found a reliable mechanism for gene therapy. The bad news is that your immune system is primed to throw a wrench into it.
# tech
Imagine a computer the size of a solar system, powered by a star and built for speed. It sounds impressive, but it may not be as good of an idea as it may seem.
