# tech
The age of cyber warfare in now upon us. But we can't just panic. We need a realistic survey of our vulnerabilities and a strategy to mitigate them.
# astrobiology
A new app that's supposed to teach aliens how to communicate with us seems to underestimate just how different aliens and their technology would be...
# science
Accommodationists are still trying to spread their message even though pretty much no one but other accommodationists is listening.
# education
A study of over 2,000 students found some very disturbing facts about the American college system.
# science
Bottled water, now marked up beyond any reason and sold with meaningless quantum technobabble.
# science
Egged on by cranks and quacks, the media seems obsessed with how nice someone is instead of whether what they're saying makes any sense.
# science
No, the new study about abiogenic hydrocarbons doesn't prove that oil comes from the mantle instead of organic matter decomposing for millions of years at high pressures.
# politics
Every tax season shows that not only are people ignorant about how their tax money is spent, they don't want to listen to the breakdowns. And that has serious implications for science and education.
# tech
Computer science produces popular headlines about robots and gadgets. But its most complicated and meaningful questions aren't going to make it to pop sci publications...
# politics
We know what ails us and how to solve it. We just seem unable and unwilling to take the next step and implement those fixes.
# tech
A computer just made a genuine scientific discovery. But it's creators are somewhat overselling it when they imply that it's an entity with a scientific mind.
# astrobiology
Just because an alien invasion is very unlikely doesn't mean we shouldn't spend at least some time and effort preparing for the possibility...
# astrobiology
Chandra Wickramasinghe lays out an elaborate theory how the agency tasked with finding proof of alien life is suppressing evidence of alien chemistry and microbes on Earth because reasons.
# space
It's been half a century since the first human slipped into orbit around our planet. And while we've done a lot in space since then, we haven't done nearly enough.
# science
Researchers show that far more of us than we'd admit would harm a stranger for the promise of cold, hard cash.
