# tech
A study finds that couple who met online end up in more stable, happier marriages. But there are a few small caveats that need to be addressed...
# science
Just to play Devil's advocate, what if we let the Arctic melt a bit to get the benefits of a Northwest Passage?
# tech
We have the tools, know-how, and technology to make this a better, more advanced world. We're just refusing to do it because the public is used to the droning of naysayers.
# science
Raymond Tallis has a list of scathing criticisms aimed at physics and neurology. It would sure help his points if he knew what he was talking about...
# space
When you remake a fan favorite, you're doomed to get a bad reaction from a lot of die hards, and Star Trek was no exception.
# tech
Jaron Lanier is back with a vision of a jobless post-Singularity dystopia where hundreds of millions have no place to go and nothing to do.
# sex
Too many studies about sex and psychology use convenience samples of college students. At the same time, too many writers criticize those studies for the wrong reasons.
# sex
Sex sells, especially when it's part of a conspiracy theory that wouldn't make any sense without it. Or much with it, to be honest...
# tech
Chris Dancy's now infamous minute by minute tracking of his work day shows just how badly management understands how to track the output of employees in creative fields.
# tech
Sometimes, when all you can get for your writing is exposure, the market is trying to tell you something you'd be foolish to ignore.
# science
Today's politicians look at science with thinly veiled contempt. This is why they shouldn't be in charge of micromanaging its goals and funding.
# space
As far as colonization ideas go, Mars One is a terrible one.
# science
For an instant spacesuit, just add plasma or electrons. But don't stay in it for too long...
# astrobiology
One of the biggest questions no one asks ancient astronaut theorists is if they think our ancestors ever wrote fiction.
# evolution
If Darwin never published his treatise, we'd still have a theory of evolution almost identical to the one we have today thanks to his contemporaries.
