# space    

young earth creationists vs. the big bang

Young Earth creationists demand scientists produce the "missing antimatter" from the Big Bang or scrap the theory altogether.
young earth creationists vs. the big bang

# science    

when bleeding edge science gets it wrong

Bleeding edge science isn't always right, especially when it tries to figure out free will and how we think.
when bleeding edge science gets it wrong

# health    

how alt med protects its lucrative business

Alternative medicine makers are happy to bash Big Pharma for poor testing and failed drugs, but not testing their own wares is the key to their profitability.
how alt med protects its lucrative business

# space    

across the universe in a lifetime. with a catch.

If we could accelerate to more than 90% of the speed of light, we could billions of light years in a human lifetime. With two major gotchas...
across the universe in a lifetime. with a catch.

# science    

false controversies and evolution in the u.s.

A filmmaker trying to kick-start a controversy to market a biographical movie about Charles Darwin is finding it hard to get attention. But why?
false controversies and evolution in the u.s.

# health    

does alt med equal fewer vaccinations?

Researchers find more evidence that alternative medicine practitioners are a public health menace.
does alt med equal fewer vaccinations?

# sex    

porn, the phantom menace, part two

Is there really such a thing as porn addiction or are we just being fed bad data from an extremely biased group of subject?
porn, the phantom menace, part two

# politics    

when wrong suddenly becomes right

Humanity's history of using torture and carving out exceptions for harming other humans into submission proves that our morality is not consistent.
when wrong suddenly becomes right

# politics    

religious panic and the rise of the atheist menace

Religious commentators are trying to soothe scared believers that atheism is just a fad. In reality, skepticism of organized religion is quickly growing.
religious panic and the rise of the atheist menace

# oddities    

another look at the soviet doomsday machine

Does Russia really house a former Soviet doomsday weapon designed to wipe out ever major city in the West should Moscow be obliterated?
another look at the soviet doomsday machine

# politics    

exonerating banks by any means possible

Arguments against preventing another Great Recession by cracking down on banks' careless behavior are full of cherry-picking and bad faith.
exonerating banks by any means possible

# science    

how the stuff of pseudoscience legend is made

Evolution can explain why you stand upright and have a large brain. It won't explain why you like to watch movies or read books because it doesn't have to.
how the stuff of pseudoscience legend is made

# science    

putting the peter principle to the test

Turns out that most people really do get promoted to their level of incompetence thanks to corporate cultures based on bad assumptions.
putting the peter principle to the test

# space    

the moon really is a harsh mistress

The coldest place in our solar system isn't somewhere in the outer reaches of the Oort Cloud. It's a network of craters on the Moon.
the moon really is a harsh mistress

# politics    

why we need evidence-based politics

A poll of New Jersey residents shows a very disturbing trend in politics: a steep rise in conspiracy theories substituting for news and facts in potential voters' minds.
why we need evidence-based politics

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