# space
When stars get too close to each other the encounters can end in cannibalism, massive explosions, and even parasitic infestations.
# science
One of the biggest questions about the human mind is how it creates consciousness. We may finally have an answer.
# tech
Once associated with lefty politics, hipsters, and hippies, wellness influencers and their audiences are taking a sudden right wing turn, and social media may be to blame.
# science
Researchers found that not only do those with money and power think they're smarter, they're likely to exaggerate their upward mobility.
# oddities
An absurd conspiracy embraced by a GOP congresswoman would be funny if she wasn't serious and if people knew more about how lasers and space solar really work.
# tech
Current economic models and priorities set almost a century ago are obviously failing us today. Can machines help us get back on the right track?
# science
Some of those who claim to be victims fighting against injustice may have much darker motives than they'll admit, even to themselves…
# science
Offshore wind power's new weapons in the race for greater energy market share are giant turbines that can power entire towns on their own.
# science
Plenty of pundits have quipped that social media and constant texting made us lonelier, more bitter, and less empathetic. A set of new studies says they may actually have a point.
# science
Chemists think they figured out the process of capturing the greenhouse gas to turn it into fuel for airplanes. But the big question is whether we'd actually want to do this.
# science
How do societies that try to educate kids to share, cooperate, and respect each other end up being bullied by toxic, shameless people to refuse to do any of the above?
# science
Scientists studying how communication and cooperation evolves are turning towards dogs to shed light on long-standing mysteries.
# politics
Unless we tackle the cultural and mental health issues fueling populist train wrecks across the West, any political victory against them will only be temporary.
# longform
Science fiction imagines humans subservient to rows of servers humming in a data centers after losing a world war. In reality, the machines didn't have to fire a single shot…
# space
Neutron stars' thunder is usually stolen by black holes, but these bizarre objects living on the edge of physics create plenty of fascinating phenomena all on their own.
