# tech
A not so happy update about the future of Weird Things...
# oddities
Christian zealots and Muslim fundamentalists find new common ground: that evolution is a myth created by the Jews to subjugate the world.
# education
William Deresiewicz would like to lift up the humanities by tearing down STEM, with a little casual racism and xenophobia on top for good measure.
# tech
If we accept that internet connectivity in the 21st century is a part of vital infrastructure, the next question is what is the minimum speed we can call acceptable.
# space
Gliese 581d, one of the exoplanets considered potential homes for alien creatures seems to show even more promise on further investigation.
# astrobiology
Could an alien civilization set up a way to communicate with us more visually than just sending a laser or microwave broadcast?
# science
Cosmologists are still puzzling over faint signals in the CMBR that may or may not be there and indicate profound events in our past or to our future.
# science
Stem cells can become any kind of tissue you might need. Hypothetically. In practice, your body might just attack them as foreign invaders.
# tech
Unless you're famous enough to be recognized by the top tier in your industry, you're probably still going to need a resume, no matter what Seth Godin says.
# tech
Spy agency stalking is now as easy as paying a dollar for an app. We really didn't think this ubiquitous wireless connectivity thing through at all, did we?
# politics
Did the politicians and pundits who sing the virtues of corporate wisdom and privatization ever actually work for one?
# education
Colleges are being confronted about the mixed outcomes of their graduates and they're not taking the feedback seriously.
# tech
A team of researchers drove a robot insane, literally. On purpose. And their findings can shed light on the origins of schizophrenia.
# politics
Ian Cowie would like to know where the riff raff got the preposterous idea that their vote should somehow matter if their net worth is less than seven figures.
# politics
The bin Laden conspiracy theorists do bring up one really good point. How could Pakistan not have known where the terrorist mastermind was hiding?
