# tech
Robots are a critical component of space exploration. But they're just that, a component.
# evolution
Science writer Nicholas Wade makes the bold claim that belief in the supernatural is genetic but his reasoning and examples fail to live up to the hype.
# science
The best metaphor for creationists might be a misanthropic kids' cartoon from the 1990s rather than a wolf in sheep's clothing.
# space
The mysterious "dark flow" is still there according to follow-up observations and it's presence is still a mystery.
# tech
Transhumanists preaching the Gospel of the Singularity are right that we don't have to let nature dictate our future. But their absolute faith in utopian technology that hasn't yet been invented is misplaced.
# evolution
Religion reporter Dan Gilgoff decided to host a debate between Ray Comfort and a biologist. Then he tried stacking the deck in Comfort's favor...
# oddities
The Onion blows a conspiracy to hide the cure for the common cold wide open.
# science
The jury is still out on whether the Large Hadron Collider can create a micro black hole and whether it can live long enough to be detected.
# space
Time calls the Ares rocket one of this year's best inventions. The problem is that nothing about Ares is actually new or inventive...
# tech
A popular criticism of radical life extension is that society and life cycles would break down. But that's not what happens in organisms whose lives we dramatically increased in the lab.
# tech
To Ray Kurzweil and his adherents, the "exponential curve of technology" is an immutable law of nature. But does it actually exist in the real world?
# tech
Some engineers are convinced that neurons work the same way as circuits. Neuroscience begs to differ.
# evolution
British pundit Dennis Sewell is back to blame all the evils of the modern world on the discovery of gradual genetic change in living organisms.
# oddities
Have you ever wondered what your favorite cartoon characters look like without skin or organs? Well, here's your chance to find out...
# science
Scientists want to drill into a currently sleeping supervolcano to learn more about it. The payoff would be huge, but so are the risks.
