# space
A citizen scientist caught two large planets slamming into each other. A team of astronomers then watched what happened over the next three years.
# sex
A new study shows that we not only lie about how much porn we consume, but project our own desires on others when asked about those around us.
# science
With the planet heating up in more obvious ways, new models show that up to six billion people could be stranded in zones too hostile for humans by 2100.
# tech
After losing his shirt, pants, and boxers in crypto investments, the head of a16z is re-committing to the Nerd Rapture, and commanding that you join him.
# science
We've made an awful lot of plastic, and it's a global ecological disaster. Now, bacteria that can eat it might be our best bet to get rid of it. At a steep price.
# tech
How one hugely influential book fostered a business obsession, what it got wrong, and how its fans in the tech industry wrought havoc with it.
# science
As researchers study how narcissists truly see the world, they're learning a lot of new things about their views of others' competence and humility.
# science
Researchers trying to model what our planet will be like in 250 million years have some very bad news for us.
# tech
Journalists are now penning dire warnings for programmers as AI learns to code. But their job obituaries show just how little they understand what's next.
# space
Hydrogen and helium are the most common elements in the universe. And they might just make large planets warm enough for life.
# tech
Misery not only loves company, it's profitable. And today's social media made it a multi-billion dollar business by hijacking a quirk of our brain chemistry.
# space
A new discovery drastically reduces the distance between us and the nearest known black holes. Here's why you don't need to be alarmed, yet.
# 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.
