# sex
A widely covered study alleges that humans lost the penile bone and a certain measure of endurance in mating. But that finding seems to be at odds with other studies.
# science
We've made it easy and virtually consequence-free to be ignorant of history and science. Now we're paying the price for coddling intellectual sloth.
# tech
Of all the platforms on which to debate and fact check, Twitter is almost purpose-built to be the absolute worst.
# oddities
Welcome to 2016 where the news is made up, reality doesn't matter, and conspiracies suddenly start making sense.
# longform
Doing business in America and enjoying what it has to offer should be an experience for which companies are willing to pay a premium. It's time to market the country accordingly.
# tech
Ignoring reality will always, always return to bite you were it hurts most. The only question is when it will strike.
# health
Mommy blogs are filled with so much disinformation and scaremongering, they should be officially labeled an infectious disease vector.
# science
We have a new design for a fusion reactor that's showing great promise. We owe it to ourselves to give it a fair shot at making fusion work.
# oddities
We figured out the recipe for conspiracy theorists. And, unwittingly, so has social media...
# tech
The House Science and Technology Committee continues to plunge deeper and deeper into denialism and inanity.
# tech
We're trapped in one of the fastest transitional moments in history and we're feeling the pain as tens of millions are failing to adapt.
# tech
Om Malik blames the dire state of the West on the people who spent years ringing the alarm bells instead of those who roundly ignored them.
# science
Plague doctors have been wrongly put in the pantheon of quacks. In reality, they created the biohazard suit as we know it.
# politics
When living through dark times, the best thing you can do is give yourself a day off. Your sanity will thank you.
# oddities
Right wing conspiracists weaponized partisan politics and concern about children into a toxic theory that's spilling out into the real world.
