# politics
WikiLeaks decides to give the world a peek at its books. Well, sort of. A few of them. And only kind of.
# science
A group of anthropologists crossed from being respectful to non-Western cultures and their history to being patronizing and condescending.
# evolution
Argument from a persecution complex is not a persuasive way to defend creationism. Or anything, for that matter...
# politics
It seems amazing how many people seem shocked and befuddled that governments viciously compete with one another on the world stage.
# space
Could we use neutron stars as navigational landmarks when traveling through interstellar space?
# science
A brief survey of the six kinds of people actively ruining science for the rest of us.
# space
Lawmakers are now openly telling NASA exactly what rocket to build, what engines to use, and from what companies to buy them.
# evolution
The man who spent his career dismissing evolution as a faith which scientists were bullied into following is now being threatened by his bosses for disagreeing with young Earth creationism.
# science
The holidays are a time for family, which often means arguments with woo-loving relatives...
# science
An awful lot is riding on JWST and there's a huge risk that if something goes wrong, deep space astronomy could be set back decades.
# tech
Over the last 60 years, the world has dramatically changed but K-12 education hasn't. Just blaming social media and web connected devices won't help get students more engaged.
# space
Roger Penrose thinks he discovered traces of previous Big Bangs in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, but his evidence for it seem thin and the consequences are left unaddressed.
# tech
The last thing we need is to try and turn social media into an artificial intelligence.
# space
Astronomers found a planet on death row orbiting a dying star. The kicker? That solar system was born in another galaxy.
# science
Cramming science into a fashion magazine didn't seem to work last year so naturally, GQ is going to try it again.