# tech
A group of researchers claims chat bots have as good of a grasp of others' moods and reasoning as we do. But there's an oversight that could render these findings moot...
# science
A new discovery by scientists shows an organism becoming part of another, proving an idea that creationists insisted was impossible.
# space
A Japanese company claims they have a plan of how to build an elevator all the way into orbit by 2050. Unfortunately, that plan requires technology on par with magic.
# oddities
A new study hints that many QAnon believers weren't far right paranoiacs but totally apolitical bystanders. But how and why were they sucked into Satanic Panic 2.0?
# space
The idea that the Moon landing was faked has by now been debunked by just about everyone and their twice removed sister-in-law's grandma. So, how is it still around?!
# space
Before actually landing on the Moon, both the U.S. and USSR were planning to use our natural satellite primarily for war.
# longform
However bizarre you think Silicon Valley's sudden obsession with AI, I assure you, its roots are way weirder than that, and so are the plans for an "AI-powered" future.
# science
According to popular science headlines claim that we've cracked how to make a warp drive within the known laws of physics. The reality is a lot more complicated.
# oddities
Some companies are quite literally turning to drugs in a desperate, demented search for more productivity as their frustrated employees turn to them for sanity.
# politics
Turns out that if you really want to understand the far right mindset, you should listen to fewer TV pundits and start reading H.P. Lovecraft instead.
# oddities
Countless influencers claim they use science to make people's lives better, longer, and healthier, for a fee, of course. What they're actually doing is selling magic.
# oddities
New research shows that the worse a country's income inequality, the more tolerance it has for buffoons in charge, and sometimes, actually prefers them.
# oddities
Last year, social media's far right denizens were fuming about walkable cities and neighborhoods. They're still fuming to this day.
# politics
A number of studies shows how politics and social media often bring out the worst in us, and how being confronted with face to face discussions often bring out the best.
# tech
From bankrolling disinformation, to stealing content and traffic for error-prone AI, to hiding news stories, Google seems determined to kill the web as we know it.
