# politics
Trump & Co. are showing us what happens when amateurs with huge chips on their shoulder take on jobs that require nuance and expertise.
# tech
The Trump administration and FCC are already set to do serious damage to America's e-commerce and internet connectivity out of nothing more than myopic greed.
# politics
Trumpism is nothing more than the political equivalent of alt med woo and it's bound to have the same efficacy.
# tech
If you thought fake news were bad, welcome to the hell that is fake fact checking.
# science
We still know very little about the closest extrasolar world we've discovered, including whether it's suitable for life.
# science
Years of constant nagging about growing antibiotic resistance and its dire consequences, the public and industry still act as if they're blissfully unaware and are overusing antibiotics at an alarming rate.
# tech
Assange offers to trade himself for Chelsea Manning and Obama called his bluff. I wouldn't hold my breath that WikiLeaks' boss will keep his word for once.
# politics
How do you reach people who don't want to be reached and reason with those who refuse the very idea of reasoning?
# science
Science proves that open offices are the worst environments to work, offsetting their low price with huge hits to employee productivity and health.
# tech
Technology didn't build the post-truth world. We did. And we're the only ones capable of returning to reality.
# sex
For years there's been a debate about whether sexual addiction should be included in the DSM V and we don't seem to be any closer to an answer.
# science
While pervasive, deceptive fake news seems to be a new phenomenon for the public, the science world has been trying to battle their version of it for years.
# oddities
Skeptical blogger Marlon Solomon lays out a persuasive case that we missed a toxic neo-Nazi ideology hiding under Icke's veneer of immortal alien reptilians.
# health
If you didn't want the COO of one the world's top hospitals to sound like Jenny McCarthy on a rampage, unfortunately, you're out of luck.