A recent study showed that 80 percent of Americans are unable to see the Milky Way due to light pollution, and 99 percent of us live under light polluted skies. This is not only an aesthetic tragedy, as...
Well, it’s official. The first fatality in a semi-autonomous car occurred in May, when a man using Tesla’s Autopilot crashed into the back of a tractor trailer. Already, headlines proclaim...
The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union last Thursday in a historic moment that has everybody wondering what will happen next. The populist movement in the U.K. that spurred the result is...
Now that primary season is over and our two presumptive presidential candidates have been chosen, it is time to examine the results. The primaries acted as either an election process where voters chose...
What is worshipped by the masses, (slightly) world-changing, a fighter for your rights, the cultivator of your ideas and beliefs and has the power to peacefully fight unjust governments? Silicon Valley....
All across college campuses, students are protesting the statues, monuments and honors given to historical figures, individuals who no longer represent the values that young people across America cherish....
On May 7, the people of Austin will vote on the Proposition 1. Prop 1 is an ordinance that repeals the previously passed ordinance by the City of Austin, which required “transportation network companies”...
If you live in Austin, you might have seen Google’s self-driving cars driving around town. Austin is just one of four test cities for the “Self-Driving Project” — Google’s...
March is that beautiful time of the year when nearly all of the United States unites in a singular endeavor: to create the perfect NCAA tournament bracket. Everyone knows that they have a chance at perfection,...
Editor's note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding Facebook's new "Reactions." Read this column's corresponding counterpoint here.
Imagine a world where the extent...
There are approximately 350,000 inmates with a mental illness, yet only around 35,000 mentally ill patients in psychiatric hospitals. Mentally ill inmates account for anywhere from 5–10 percent of...
Iowa, Iowa, Iowa. New Hampshire, New Hampshire — or is it Vermont? With the presidential race in full swing, and the Iowa caucus next week, one might think these two states are the greatest...
In the wake of protests regarding Halloween costumes at Yale and protests over racial incidents at the University of Missouri, many online news sources and opinion columns are clamoring to denigrate the...
Greg Hardy, the NFL player who allegedly beat his girlfriend and threatened to murder her last year, was recently heralded by Cowboy’s owner Jerry Jones as being a team “leader.” Hardy,...
When applying for college, prospective students are asked the dreaded question: “What’s your intended major?” Before even truly experiencing the subject matter, students are expected...
In the wake of campus carry protests, counter-protests, forum discussions that no one attends, resigning professors and soon-to-be dildo displays of dissent, the root of the problem preceding all the hype...
The felony “checkbox” — the box on the front of most job applications that requires ex-felons to state their criminal past — is an unfair practice that unduly harms ex-felons who...
U.S. News & World Report released their annual college rankings on Sept. 8, placing UT 52nd of national universities and 16th in public universities. The top of the list is dominated by private institutions...
In a hilarious instance of meta-irony, a study published last week claims that more than half of social science studies are bogus. The study, conducted by the Reproducibility Project, a research accountability...
