Headlines from October 28, 2014

In a rare, school-specific survey, 17% of female MIT students and 5% of male students report being sexually assaulted.
Ebola vaccines must be tested, but administering frontline workers a placebo could be unethical.
In distancing themselves from an unpopular president, midterm candidates have succeeded only in disowning their own legacy.
Demographics show Texas could one day turn blue, but Wendy Davis’s abortion stance is unappealing to many Hispanic voters.
Discriminatory voter ID laws prevent a man in Texas from voting, even though he has never left Austin in his life.
A new climate change model predicts colder Eurasian winters until the 2030s, once the Arctic sea ice is gone.
Religions have surprisingly diverse approaches to the issue of possible extraterrestrial life.
On California’s new ruling on “affirmative consent” and the overlap between feminist and Christian approaches to sex.
A WiFi network called “Al Qaeda Free Terror Network” grounded a flight at LAX on Sunday.
Once the dominant religion in hip-hop, Islamic references in rap are at an all-time low.
A reporter tries to find an Uber driver earning what the company claims is its median annual income: $90,766.
See also: Ubering while black.
More and more, LGBT young adults still financially dependent on their religious parents become homeless after coming out.
You don’t want to believe your grandmother is poisoning you.
Inside the world of tourist-friendly caves. #photos
When faced with complex situations, new research shows we make smarter choices when we’re hungry.
She is what happens when Skynet becomes self-aware. Cartoonist David Rees mashes up Taylor Swift and Aphex Twin. #music
Rosetta probe detects a comet’s smell, which is not unlike rotten eggs and urine. #space