# space
Exploring space creates new jobs and helps the economy. Simply going to space for the sake of going, doesn't.
# evolution
A quick dive into a brick wall of stupidity... err... the backwards logic of Ray Comfort.
# science
Debates are only as good as all the participants' attitudes towards finding a common ground.
# space
There's much more to whether a planet is habitable than its distance from a star...
# science
Despite what you were told, particle colliders don't have enough energy to generate micro black holes. But what if they could? Could we plug them into our energy grids?
# space
The universe can kill you in a lot of ways. And all of them are amazingly entertaining...
# sex
First rule of porn club: do not talk about your porn watching habits.
# space
Space tourism isn't just a distant dream. Some people actually managed to visit space just to see what it's like.
# tech
If you can't promise people actual immortality, you can sometimes get away with promising them the next big thing.
# science
Politicians love to pretend the public's money is being wasted on pointless scientific experiments. In reality, all that research creates millions of jobs.
# science
The challenges of bringing science and skepticism to the people in your own backyard.
# astrobiology
Americans believe that magic is a better explanation for the natural world than an alien intervention. It should be the other way around.
# sex
Sex sells, and so does moral outrage about sexy things being lucrative.
# politics
Bobby Jindal is a rising star within the GOP. Unfortunately, it's because he keeps picking battles with scientific reality.
# space
If we want regular space flights, we're going to need the same oversight of launches as we have of air travel today.
