# politics
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are completely out of control according to the secular Israelis who have to share a country with them.
# science
You'd think that in the age of atomic clocks we wouldn't have debates about the passage of time. And yet, here we are...
# tech
Putting another (incomplete) year in the books for Weird Things...
# space
Internet pedants fact checking space battles like to pick on the idea of deploying fighters in space. That seems like a big mistake.
# space
If we're going to go to Mars and do it right, we should be ready for the price tag.
# astrobiology
Reverse-engineering alien technology is a common sci-fi and conspiracy theory trope. But doing it in real life would be a lot harder than it sounds...
# politics
The world is exploding with protests. Considering its current state, we should be surprised there weren't even more.
# tech
Computer scientist Nick Barnes shows us pretty much everything wrong with colleges' attitudes towards their students and curricula by example...
# politics
Ignore the manufactured acrimony and bloviators preaching how to properly celebrate Christmas. Just enjoy the holiday.
# astrobiology
Ancient astronaut theorists claim that aliens wanted our planet for gold mining. But why would they need gold, much less in a place where it's hard to extract?
# science
Cranks looking to debate serious scientists and scholars aren't looking to have a discussion. They shouldn't be given a platform and legitimacy by proxy.
# politics
According to the Kremlin, David Icke isn't a wide-eyed conspiracy theorist preaching about immortal alien lizards running the Earth but a serious political scientist.
# politics
We don't know what will happen to North Korea now that Kim Jong Il is dead, but we know it's not going to be good.
# health
How do we make sense of the alt med claim that Big Pharma is just trying to keep people sick for a profit?
# tech
Popular science outlets and tech pundits are getting the wrong idea about chips built to function more like biological neurons.
