Amazon on Wednesday asked a U.S.

Feyerabend, who defended astrology and creationism, denied that he was antiscience

A small team of agents spent years investigating whether one of Washington’s closest allies was involved in the worst terror attack in U.S. history. This is their story.

Registered emergency beacons proven to save lives

Here’s a long-shot idea to fix our system and make our democracy more democratic.

I was reading through Schorre’s paper on Metta II again (see also the Wikipedia article).  For those that don’t know, Meta II is a metacompiler, which is to say, a language that can com…

‘Atomic scientists’ have no special authority when they opine on politics or military strategy.

It is 89 seconds to midnight.

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Jenny Odell on an encounter with Emerson’s ‘Essays .’

Is there any truth in truth serums?

“Unfortunately, those apps are more secure than texting in the clear, which is more or less the alternative. Granted, if a hostile party has access to the handset, that encryption isn’t particularly helpful.”

@ShaneMorris: “My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, which means the generic water filter I ordered for $19 doesn’t work. My fridge will literally not dispense ice, or water. …

I fight a disease every day that is considered a joke by society

by Karthik Ramanathan / Noam Chomsky An interview I did with Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona at his office in Tucson. Noam Chomsky taught at MIT for over 50 years and is a leading critic of US foreign policy and an inspiration…