# science
Alcohol isn't just the cause of and answer to most of life's problems, it also tells us something fundamental about the nature of all matter.
# science
It seems we finally understand something about black holes and their behavior.
# oddities
Right wing conspiracy theorists are really, really, really invested in a New World Order plot they believe is outlined in a document called Agenda 21...
# tech
A self-described Anonymous hacker general describes a world right out of a spy movie playing only in his own head.
# tech
Bureaucrats keep thinking about how to tame the internet, but the internet's very nature makes it trivial to resist their efforts.
# tech
Could alien AI be the dominant life form in the universe instead of its organic creators?
# space
Planetary scientists who want to study plants other than Mars and very unhappy with what they see as NASA's obsession with the red planet.
# space
Just how realistic is Elon Musk's 80,000 person outpost on Mars given enough time and money?
# space
A new Singularitarians' approach to space exploration: why bother going to space when we could simulate anything we want after the Singularity?
# sex
The idea that sexual abuse and careers in porn go hand in hand isn't true according to a survey of adult performers. But the context of the findings and public reactions to them are still quite unsettling.
# space
To protect ourselves from alien extremes, a NASA plan calls for telepresence from orbit.
# oddities
Just because we can track people in real time for whatever reason we want, doesn't mean we should, or let those who overstep sane bounds off the hook.
# space
Panspermia is a somewhat out there hypothesis. But it deserves a serious investigation, not just quick dismissals citing its origins.
# tech
The international community is trying to jump ahead of autonomous killer robots, but the messiness of war means they have few answers to the crisis they imagine.
# science
Geneticist Jerry Crabtree jumps on the natural-selection-for-humans-is-dead bandwagon with a study of human intelligence that doesn't say what he thinks it does.
