# tech
Regardless of what you may have heard, computer science will not make you a better writer or communicator.
# tech
It's often tempting to compare advancements in technology to evolution. But they're two fundamentally different processes.
# tech
Online mobs have become judge, jury, and executioner. What happens to social media now?
# evolution
Far too many commentators are way too eager to explain to scientists and science writers why creationism is still a thing. It would be nice if their explanations were actually rooted in the real world.
# oddities
Unsurprisingly, the people of Denver don't want to spend their money on researching UFO sightings instead of basic public services.
# science
Releasing climate change modeling code to people who can't run it, don't understand it, and are paid to disagree with it and libel you a fraud doesn't do computer scientists any favors.
# astrobiology
Futurist blogger created an aspirational list of rules by which we should interact with any aliens we might encounter. Emphasis on the aspirational part...
# science
Hypothetically, science and technology should have fared better under the liberal Obama administration. In reality, very little has changed.
# politics
Sometimes angry calls for more civility in political and social discourse are necessary. And sometimes they're just a muzzle for partisan bloviators who can dish it out but can't take it.
# tech
Being replaced by machines at work is no longer a utopian prediction. It's a grim reality for which our leaders haven't even tried to prepare.
# oddities
For the vast majority of people, Halloween is an excuse to dress up in costumes and have fun. But for some, it's a time when demons walk the Earth and a perfect opportunity to fight against the modern world.
# politics
If skeptics are trying to win hearts and minds, they need to remember that teaching kids real science and critical thinking can't be sidelined.
# tech
Using video games and realistic virtual simulations to train soldiers has been a sci-fi trope for many years. Experts are wondering if it could soon become a reality.
# space
Want to get a good guess as to how old a star is? Just listen to its hum...
# politics
Inertia applies not only to objects with mass, but to bureaucracy and large institutions that have grown out of control.
