# tech
Spy agency stalking is now as easy as paying a dollar for an app. We really didn't think this ubiquitous wireless connectivity thing through at all, did we?
# politics
Did the politicians and pundits who sing the virtues of corporate wisdom and privatization ever actually work for one?
# education
Colleges are being confronted about the mixed outcomes of their graduates and they're not taking the feedback seriously.
# tech
A team of researchers drove a robot insane, literally. On purpose. And their findings can shed light on the origins of schizophrenia.
# politics
Ian Cowie would like to know where the riff raff got the preposterous idea that their vote should somehow matter if their net worth is less than seven figures.
# politics
The bin Laden conspiracy theorists do bring up one really good point. How could Pakistan not have known where the terrorist mastermind was hiding?
# science
You can answer a homeopath's question but you can't make him read it or understand why he was wrong.
# astrobiology
Could advanced alien civilizations turn to artificial black holes to meet their energy needs? And could we detect the emissions from their maws when they feed?
# education
In light of eye-opening reports about higher ed, Americans need to start asking themselves a fundamental question: how many people really need to go to college?
# oddities
Unsurprisingly, bin Ladens death immediately spawned a raft of conspiracy theories around what really happened in Abbottabad.
# astrobiology
The Pope's astronomer thinks we should be trying to convert aliens to Catholicism. The chances they'll respond kindly to proselytizing doesn't seem high...
# oddities
A conspiracy theory can't be debunked with something as irrelevant as facts or reality. To its followers, it has to be true, no matter what.
# science
A group of researchers armed with very strong opinions and flawed studies do not constitute a consensus on the effects of video game violence on children.
# astrobiology
We have trillions to bail out banks for gambling with our money, but a few million to figure out if we're alone in the universe? That we apparently can't afford...
# astrobiology
An old variant of the ancient alien theory says that Phobos isn't a moon, but an abandoned spaceship. It's a surprisingly possible, if unlikely, idea.
