# longform
Rather than living large in the cities where they've come to rule, tech workers are finding themselves just as priced out as those who blame them for soaring costs of living…
# space
The Event Horizon Telescope's image of M87* is so good that theorists thought it was too good to be true.
# oddities
The Night King's army of the undead was an invincible foe in Westeros. But how well would his wights do against modern weapons, and could the defenders of Winterfell have replicated them?
# tech
When we talk about regulating artificial intelligence, we need to step back and ask ourselves a very important question. What are we regulating and why?
# politics
Republican voters may cherry pick the science of climate change, but they love green energy in their backyards. So why are the lawmakers they elect trying to kill it?
# health
A new breakthrough from Israel shows that while we still have a long way to go before we can 3D print organs on command, we're definitely headed in the right direction.
# tech
Law enforcement agencies can't wait to deploy facial recognition AI in daily policing, and pressuring lawmakers to get out of their way. But their zeal for face-seeking AI can easily backfire.
# science
A new experiment on recently slaughtered pigs shows us that brains may be intact for a while after death, and we might have the technology to bring them back to life. Now what?
# space
Are two galaxies which seem to lack dark matter proof that dark matter must be a particle rather than a quirk of gravity at cosmic scales. Well, it's actually kind of complicated...
# astrobiology
An immensely powerful flare from a tiny red dwarf is helping us understand just how important these stars can be to giving life across the universe to chance to develop.
# science
Popular science figures argue that we're not taking real problems seriously because the public lacks scientific education. But that's not the problem. The problem is much, much worse.
# health
A woman who inherited a rare genetic mutation is giving doctors and scientists an unprecedented glimpse in how we process pain, fear, and anxiety, and how we could treat all three.
# oddities
A popular fan theory says GoT is a metaphor for the threat of global warming. But by the same logic, it could also be a metaphor for the encroachment of automation, or any other drastic upheaval on your mind.
# tech
The experiment to turn laid off coal miners into rockstar programmers has been going on for years now with little to show for it except more right wing rage on social media.
# science
The right manufactured a free speech crisis on college campuses and President Trump may be giving them a tool to hold the nation's R&D labs hostage while demanding the spotlight.