# 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.
# astrobiology
It makes sense for an alien species not to care about wiping out a civilization on another planet. Question is whether it would be worth the hassle.
# education
Tim Minchin's skeptical beat poem finally gets the animated treatment it deserves.
# science
Templeton's latest prize goes over like a lead zeppelin. They're trying to spin it as a grand PR victory anyway.
# politics
Anti-nuclear NIMBYism has not gotten better over the years. In fact, it's getting worse.
# education
The ivory tower phenomenon is real, and it's brutal on scientists and their research.
# tech
To some, Ray Kurzweil will always be a tech prophet , and they're prepared to cherry-pick his track record to sell that belief.
# astrobiology
Could we spot aliens not by their signals into outer space, but by their mining activity?
# education
Politicians seem to be really upset with people learning things from which they might not get immediate, quantifiable benefit. And that's the worst possible attitude about education.
