# astrobiology
If there was a thriving alien civilization on one of the best candidates for life in our stellar neighborhood, we missed them by well over a billion years...
# politics
The far left has mastered the art of creating a circular firing squad and alienating its willing and ready allies.
# tech
Facebook can't fix its fake news problem because the damage is already done and mitigating it means jeopardizing its primary draw for users.
# longform
It seems that economy is still the top deciding factor for voters, although not in the same way it used to be a decade ago...
# tech
Widespread automation is about to hit the developing world, hard.
# science
On further review, the study claiming that the universe is expanding at a steady rate ended up independently proving accelerating expansion.
# politics
Libertarians and authoritarians can see the exact same thing and cling to diametrically opposite conclusions. And that's going to be a big problem in the very near future.
# science
There is a cure for Dunning Kruger according to one of its discoverers. Unfortunately, there's a risk of collateral damage when it's applied.
# science
Maybe a medical conference is not the best place to elevate the profiles of snake oil salespeople...
# politics
Our leaders' incompetence and complacency have ushered what will effectively be a new dark age.
# science
Multilevel marketing companies (a.k.a. pyramid schemes) are good at recruiting people because they prey on the same human weaknesses as alt med woo-meisters.
# oddities
To keep their jobs, climate change denialists erected a conspiracy theory that's buckling under its own weight.
# tech
We are not running out of jobs humans can do as computers take on more and more responsibilities. We're just choosing not to create new jobs and educate workers.
# tech
The idea that just giving people more data to make the right choices flies in the face of how humans typically work.
# oddities
Alex Jones' deepest, darkest fear isn't reptilian aliens. It's experts and wonks with who cramp his and his fans' style.
