# oddities
A few firm words of advice for the Moon landing conspiracy theorists who refuse to believe their own eyes.
# space
Celebrating Apollo 11's lunar landing isn't just celebrating an American triumph. It's celebrating how far humanity can go and how much it can do.
# science
A satirical piece perfectly captures how pseudoscience works and what it sounds like when applied to basic facts no one actually disputes.
# evolution
Natural selection is starting to kick in to save the Y chromosome from itself.
# health
Swine flu may have disappeared from the news, but it's still out there and it's still a threat as it mutates further.
# science
According to some researchers, "hey baby, that's a nice... uh... belly button you got there?" is the hot new pickup line we should be considering.
# space
Scientists are trying to recruit existing satellites to track tsunamis, but it may be a challenge to turn the information they'll gather into useful early warnings.
# oddities
Creationists always promise a grand proof for why evolution is a folly of the unfaithful. This time they're timing it to a group of atheists visiting their Creation Museum.
# science
Game theory assumes that all humans are hyper-rational actors at all times. And that's exactly what undermines its use in the real world...
# astrobiology
Unfortunately, District 9 seems like a realistic look at how we'd treat an alien species that can't really defend itself from us.
# science
Evidence doesn't go away just because you choose to ignore it.
# science
Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum blame scientists for public scientific illiteracy. The case study serving as exhibit one? Pluto's demotion from planethood.
# science
Bigfoot sightings meet climate change for some serious research into the habitats of wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.
# astrobiology
According to a self-proclaimed expert in diplomatic relations with aliens, NASA is about to start an illegal war with an extraterrestrial outpost on the Moon.
# science
Even one young Earth creationist making decisions about how we use the planet's resources is already too many young Earth creationists with such power.
