# oddities
In a move sure to frustrate ufologists and conspiracy theorists, NASA says that UFOs are almost certainly not aliens.
# tech
Opinions polls show that a lot of people want AI development to slow down and governments to step in. And they have really good reasons for their caution.
# health
How could you possibly be tired sitting behind a computer all day? Because as it so turns out, your brain can chemically fry itself if you overthink.
# space
Research says that going into space makes you care more about the planet. But does this still hold true if your trip is a luxurious getaway?
# politics
Under the banner of protecting kids, the United States may end up censoring vast swaths of the internet and openly spy on your browsing habits.
# oddities
As more banks, pension funds, and investors don't want to keep pouring money into burning toxic dead things, Big Fossil is threatening to sue them.
# sex
Researchers find that what groups preaching abstinence and chastity excel at doing is giving adherents anxiety, depression, and far right memes.
# science
Thawing permafrost is revealing a ticking time bomb of climate change that doesn't get nearly enough attention for the devastation it could cause.
# science
New discoveries in South Africa may redefine human history according to a new Netflix documentary, but critics are far from impressed by the evidence.
# science
Farm to table protein is about to become lab to table. The environmental benefits could be massive, but will people be willing to eat it, and can they afford it?
# sex
Unable to find human companionship, many around the world are building their own perfect partners in the form of an app, to the horror of psychologists.
# tech
New technology allows computers and fMRI machines to decode what you're thinking as a stream of text. It sounds creepy, but it could save lives.
# space
Gas giants orbiting their parent stars just keep getting weirder and weirder.
# oddities
Summaries of ethnographic journals said something fundamentally different than the journals themselves.
# space
NASA proved we can redirect incoming asteroids. Now we just need to find them before they find us, and we think we might know the best way to do it.
