Oct 17, 2016 | Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) After successfully pulling off a crucial technical maneuver, the ExoMars spacecraft is now two days away from making history. The primary objective of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission is to determine if enough methane and...
Oct 17, 2016 | Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) It seems that followers of Elon Musk will have to wait another two days before his latest product unveiling. In a tweet sent out on Sunday afternoon, Musk announced that Tesla needs until Wednesday to refine its upcoming launch....
Oct 17, 2016 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Health Care Reform, Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016) With a single tweet, Sen. Bernie Sanders has cost Ariad Pharmaceuticals $387 million. The article retweeted by Sanders was from Stat, a publication that specializes in covering health and medical news. It reported that, since the...
Oct 11, 2016 | Science and Technology
Published: Salon (October 11, 2016) Less than two months after Samsung launched its highly anticipated Galaxy Note 7, and less than one month after issuing a recall, it has now been announced that the new smartphone is being scrapped altogether. The reason, it seems,...
Aug 3, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Conspiracy Theories, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Science and Technology
Published: Quartz (August 3, 2016) Green Party candidate Jill Stein likes to present herself as a pro-science, more idealistic alternative to Hillary Clinton. Stein has so far managed to stay out of the media maelstrom, but a series of troubling comments are making...
Jul 30, 2016 | Science and Technology
Published: The Good Men Project (July 30, 2016) “It appears therefore more natural to think of physical reality as a four dimensional existence, instead of, as hitherto, the evolution of a three dimensional existence.” This is a quote from Albert Einstein, who offered...
May 19, 2016 | Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Science and Technology, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: The Good Men Project (May 19, 2016) America is in a "boy who cried wolf" situation right now. We've grown so accustomed to comparing our presidents with tyrants, or insisting that a candidate's ascent to power will result in calamity, that even those of us...
Apr 24, 2016 | Science and Technology
Published: The Daily Dot (April 24, 2016) Some of my fondest childhood memories were set in libraries. I still recall wandering through stacks of books, my eyes glancing from title to title in the hope that they would land on some previously-undiscovered treasure....
Mar 24, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Internet Culture, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Science and Technology
Published: The Daily Dot (March 24, 2016) There was an interesting debate at the University of Pennsylvania this week. TheFoundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, hosted a panel discussion on the effectiveness of hashtag activism. The debate featured...
Mar 7, 2016 | Civil Liberties, Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture, Science and Technology
Published: The Daily Dot (March 7, 2016) When it comes to Internet freedom, it is entirely possible that the 2016 presidential election will be remembered as one of the most consequential events in the history of cyberspace. This may seem like a bold conclusion, but...