An entire telescope is floating in space somewhere … Lost, without a home … We relate

California legislators reached a tentative deal to adopt a $15 minimum wage yesterday. This legislation, which would raise the wage slowly over the course of six years, would mean a raise for one out of three workers in the state. (New York Times)

Speaking of wages: new study shows that the gender pay gap in the US may not be as bad, comparative to other countries, as has often been cited. Don’t get too excited, misogynists – the gap still exists. But it may have less to do with income disparities in all professions and more with societal pressures that push men and women into different professions. (CS Monitor)

Microsoft recently released a Twitter chat bot, designed to adapt and become smarter based on what others said to it. But within twenty-four hours, the bot had been corrupted into a Nazi by Internet trolls. (NPR)

Ballez, a NYC-based dance troupe, is using classical ballet to promote queer activism. Their most recent project, Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, which combines two Tchaikovsky ballets and two historical settings of LGBTQ+ activism, premiers on April 29th. (Jezebel)

On Saturday, Japan lost contact with Hitomi, its newest space telescope. Some kind of “energetic event” occurred, and now an entire telescope is just … gone. The researchers haven’t lost hope, though. (National Geographic)

A relatable space telescope via NASA