# tech    

the online freedom that was never there

Techno-utopians sold a world on the narrative that the web was built for a free exchange of information. But that's never actually been true...
the online freedom that was never there

# tech    

why tech companies can't prevent censorship

Foreign policy wonks want tech companies to battle censorship with the devices they sell to foreign countries. Unfortunately, they can't defeat math, even for a noble cause.
why tech companies can't prevent censorship

# science    

why chemophobia is not the future of food

A lot of food sold as natural and wholesome is really just expensive and its sustainability is highly dubious. And its popularity is quickly becoming highly politicized.
why chemophobia is not the future of food

# sex    

you can't compare sex partners when you only have one

Pat Fagan of the Family Research Council plays fast and loose with statistics and doesn't bother with the logic in his latest attack on healthy libidos.
you can't compare sex partners when you only have one

# science    

the t-rex was a predator and we have proof

We finally have ironclad evidence showing that T. Rex was not an oversized scavenger as some argued, but actively hunted its prey.
the t-rex was a predator and we have proof

# science    

why trying to sweat out your toxins is a bad idea

If you're exercising in searing heat and soaking humidity, that weird feeling isn't toxins leaving your body, it's the beginning of a heat stroke.
why trying to sweat out your toxins is a bad idea

# tech    

how would you fight pacific rim's giant monsters in the real world?

Giant bipedal robots look cool in anime and movies. In real life, you probably wouldn't want to use them to fight giant eldritch creatures made of teeth, fangs, and acid.
how would you fight pacific rim's giant monsters in the real world?

# science    

yes, the universe can be explained by the spinning of atoms. get over it.

Curtis White fancies himself a man of deep thought and keep insight. His "nuh-uh" take on Dawkins' The God Delusion shows otherwise.
yes, the universe can be explained by the spinning of atoms. get over it.

# tech    

into the quantum computing mesh with a new programming language

Some computer scientists are so eager to work work quantum computers, they created a new language to make working with quantum circuits easier.
into the quantum computing mesh with a new programming language

# space    

black hole interrupted, or rise of the suron

The bizarre, extremely fast radio bursts astronomers have been detecting might be the result of doomed neutron stars...
black hole interrupted, or rise of the suron

# astrobiology    

why we can't follow project kronos' blueprint

The implications of the exploration strategy in Project Kronos may look fascinating, but imply some very scary and disturbing things...
why we can't follow project kronos' blueprint

# science    

the infinitely vast, mandatory multiverse?

A group of physicists say that a multiverse, in which we're just one of many sibling universes, is an inevitable result of cosmic inflation.
the infinitely vast, mandatory multiverse?

# politics    

how to approach a problem with mind wide shut

A group of Christians illustrates everything wrong with one-sided interfaith dialogue in their conclusions after conducting a survey of atheists.
how to approach a problem with mind wide shut

# tech    

social media, the best way to share with friends, family, and nsa analysists

NSA's PRISM is a huge mess that the public somehow really doesn't care about.
social media, the best way to share with friends, family, and nsa analysists

# space    

why mars is not the next apollo

We cannot treat Mars the same way we treated the Moon.
why mars is not the next apollo

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