# tech    

your pricey ticket to immortality

The Gospel of the Singularity and its promise of digital immortality is now selling engineering and scientific snake oil and hope to believers.
your pricey ticket to immortality

# evolution    

bill dembski's tilting at windmills…

Bill Dembski decided to fight evolution using that most scientific of methods: asking his students to troll science bloggers.
bill dembski's tilting at windmills…

# science    

mooney and co. vs. the new atheists

Most people in a hole know to stop digging. Mooney and Kirshenbaum are bringing in heavy mining equipment and redoubling their efforts.
mooney and co. vs. the new atheists

# space    

you just know that's gonna leave a mark…

We knew planetary collisions should happen relatively often in young solar systems. Now we have hard evidence of one such an event.
you just know that's gonna leave a mark…

# science    

black hole bares all for science

Two physicists ask if you could ever expose the mysterious core of a black hole in a new paper.
black hole bares all for science

# science    

simple answers to simple questions

Ken Ham's temple of ignorance asks a simple-minded, leading question. We should still answer it.
simple answers to simple questions

# science    

the culture that forgot about science

Lack of scientific literacy in America doesn't have a single culprit. It's widespread, systemic, and cultural.
the culture that forgot about science

# oddities    

vaccines, the evil alien conspiracy

Australian anti-vaccine activists are joining forces with a man who thinks that shape-shifting alien reptoids secretly run the world.
vaccines, the evil alien conspiracy

# politics    

no allergy meds for you…

The American healthcare system is best compared to a sophisticated machine with many moving parts. A badly maintained Rube Goldberg to be more exact.
no allergy meds for you…

# politics    

why atheism is serious business

When your worldview gets popular, you're going to get followers who are in it only to jump on the bandwagon.
why atheism is serious business

# science    

ouch, we've got a couple of burn victims!

This is what happens when you squander all your goodwill with a community you claim to support.
ouch, we've got a couple of burn victims!

# science    

when you hide behind a phd…

Francis Collins wants us to think he's a scientist who discovered God in his work instead of a believer using cherry picked science to justify his faith.
when you hide behind a phd…

# education    

cryptozoology, creationism's new friend

Christian textbook writers in the UK are claiming that evolution can't be right because... the Loch Ness Monster is a dinosaur?
cryptozoology, creationism's new friend

# tech    

technology, ethics and video games

With every new generation of consoles and graphics, we get another dire warning about video game violence.
technology, ethics and video games

# space    

do we really need another apollo?

NASA is trying to replay history at the cost of keeping its launch systems and exploration programs stagnant.
do we really need another apollo?

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