# tech
Reddit's reputation as the internet's sewer is both unfair and ignores the simple fact that when you interact with millions of people, some of them will be awful human beings.
# tech
District Attorneys want tech companies to create a backdoor to access encrypted information. And if they ever get their wish, you can kiss e-commerce goodbye.
# science
The three constants of life seem to be death, taxes, and Chandra Wickramasinghe claiming space agencies are hiding proof of alien life.
# space
Let's say the worst happened and you've been sucked into a black hole as your body was torn apart. So, what happens to you next?
# science
Anti-GMO activists not swayed by reason or data are destroying text fields and crops in an effort to stop any and all research they can.
# space
Scientists and engineers are slowly but steadily preparing to protect us from an incoming comet or asteroid despite the media's coverage of their efforts as anything but organized.
# tech
Celebrity tapes and nudes used to be shocking scandals on which tabloids pounced. Today they're frequently glossed over and that may be thanks to the technology that now lives in our pockets.
# astrobiology
If you want to get an idea of just how alien and bizarre an extraterrestrial might look like, consider the creatures that used to live right here on Earth some 500 million years ago.
# education
No Child Left Behind's series of tests was supposed to help American education. It did the exact opposite.
# health
There's a certain complacency implied by treating aging as a natural part of life that just needs to be taken in stride. It's time to change how we think about growing older.
# space
The debate over whether Pluto is a planet, much less what constitutes a planet, is still raging in the scientific community.
# politics
Bureaucrats generally don't like creative, fair solutions to complicated problems, so it's no surprise they're making a mess of social activism on campus.
# tech
Researchers test a neural mesh that envelops the brain in electrodes without invasive, complex surgery in an exciting step forward in human-machine interfaces.
# health
Doctors are already offering stem cells via injections and IV drips to treat complex soft tissue damage. But their treatments are far from being ready for prime time...
# sex
The world's biggest porn site wants to take adult entertainment to the final frontier and we should absolutely encourage them.
