NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Talks STEM Education with President Trump
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, currently living and working aboard the International Space Station, broke the record Monday for cumulative time spent in space by...
Why Conspiracy Theories Are So Appealing
Put on your tin-foil hat, cover your webcam with a piece of tape, and wait for the imminent arrival of the lizard people because...
What’s Cooking: What Do You Cook to Impress?
Hey there, and welcome back to to What’s Cooking?, the weekly open thread where you get to share your brilliant thoughts, advice, recipes, and...
Uber Didn’t Track Users Who Deleted the App, But It Still Broke the Rules
Uber took a known industry practice and managed to turn it into something deeply suspicious. The post Uber Didn't Track Users Who Deleted the...
In Option B, Sheryl Sandberg Takes the Hacker Way Through Grief
After her husband died suddenly, Sheryl Sandberg grieved. Then she looked for solutions. The post In Option B, Sheryl Sandberg Takes the Hacker Way...
Juicero may be the absurd avatar of Silicon Valley hubris, but boy is it...
The Juicero story is a funny one in some ways and a sad one in others, so let’s just assume they cancel each other...
You Can Now Own the Design Manual that Made the EPA Cool
Forty years ago, the EPA had a beautiful graphics standards manual. The post You Can Now Own the Design Manual that Made the EPA...
Ransomware Is Being Hidden Inside Attachments of Attachments
Ransomware attacks are getting more and more clever as the public gets wise to them. The latest involves hiding a malicious macro inside a...
An Aerospace Coder Drags a Stodgy Industry Toward Open Source
How one software engineer at a traditional space company convinced the bigwigs to share his command and control program. The post An Aerospace Coder...
How to Stop Services Like Unroll.me From Snooping on Your Gmail
By now you've probably let lots of services and apps into your Gmail and more. Time for some spring cleaning. The post How to...
