# politics
America's culture is smothering its scientists and their innovations under a cloud of apathy and contempt.
# science
If Intelligent Design wants to be taken like a serious science, it needs to learn to follow the basics of the scientific method.
# evolution
Despite its partially random nature, evolution does offer concrete, falsifiable predictions.
# space
NASA is trying to protect its budget from finance wonks by talking like them.
# politics
Humanity is growing in number and we're starting to strain the planet and ourselves.
# politics
Peak Oil is a popular idea, but we're nowhere close to reaching it.
# science
Don't worry, the supervolcano under Yellowstone isn't going to kill us. Yet.
# science
The Discovery Institute's Casey Luskin assumes his favorite position: on the fainting couch.
# space
The race is on to turn spaceflight into an affordable adventure.
# science
Try as we might, we often don't understand randomness in nature and how it works.
# oddities
While most of us dread doomsday and worry about whether the world will end, some people can't wait for the apocalypse.
# space
If you're worried about 2012, don't be. Now, 2036, that's another matter...
# tech
Researchers are really struggling to show that cell phones cause cancer despite the public's belief otherwise.
