# astrobiology
Despite what the movie told you, we wouldn't be all that defenseless from an alien invasion.
# science
Creationists have an unhealthy obsession with Darwin because they don't understand how science works.
# tech
If you're planning to download your brain into a computer, you may want to reconsider.
# politics
How junk science led to the one of the darkest chapters of human history.
# tech
In case of robotic overlords, be sure to unplug them. Although you might not actually have to...
# astrobiology
Could we have already been contacted by aliens and just don't know it yet?
# astrobiology
The idea that Roswell was an alien crash landing site raises more questions than provides answers.
# space
Welcome to the truly hellish world of WASP-12b, a planet being eaten by its star.
# astrobiology
A popular idea states that humans didn't evolve, but were created in a lab by the creatures who secretly rule over all of us.
# science
No, we're not heading into an Ice Age. At least, not yet...
# science
Global warming denialists found a new culprit for the rising temperatures. Of course, they're wrong.
# oddities
What's the real story behind the seemingly ominous symbol on the Seal of the United States?
# evolution
It's hard to explain something when you're being explicitly paid not to understand how it works...
# oddities
Pitting Biblical ages against what science tells us about the extremes of human longevity.
# science
Could life on Earth have come here from another world? And could it travel from us to other solar systems?