# tech    

susan greenfield gets the treatment she deserves

Susan Greenfield is trying to sell normal changes in human brains in response to stimuli as brainwashing by technology and received an appropriate reply.
susan greenfield gets the treatment she deserves

# politics    

this is exactly how not to argue a point

Dinesh D'Souza, the kind of offensive and intellectually lazy statements has somehow gotten even lazier and more offensive.
this is exactly how not to argue a point

# tech    

the opening shots in the battle of the hackers

We're still not sure about the right way to counter state-sponsored hacking and how to organize a coordinated counter-attack.
the opening shots in the battle of the hackers

# sex    

how not to research sex, race, and culture

Satoshi Kanawaza is back and he's as lazy, sexist, and racist as ever while pretending to be a victim.
how not to research sex, race, and culture

# science    

south korea tells creationists to back off

South Korea reverses its creationist-friendly course after consulting with scientists over the contents of its school textbooks.
south korea tells creationists to back off

# astrobiology    

just how habitable is gliese 163c?

For all the excitement about this potentially habitable world, we still don't know much about it and its ability to host life.
just how habitable is gliese 163c?

# politics    

when things just keep going downhill…

With trolls running people offline and blog feuds reaching a fever pitch, the skeptical blogosphere is spiraling out of control.
when things just keep going downhill…

# science    

no, cosmic rays aren't to blame for climate change

For supernovae to have a real impact on our climate, they'd have to be a lot closer and happen a lot more often.
no, cosmic rays aren't to blame for climate change

# space    

why politicians make bad mission planners

Politicians want splashy headlines and photo ops with flag-planting moments and that's enough for them. This is exactly why they shouldn't set scientific missions.
why politicians make bad mission planners

# politics    

waiting for the corporate messiahs to save us

Betting on tax cuts to boost the economy in the age of automation and outsourcing doesn't make sense. Yet the GOP holds on to voodoo economics with religious zeal.
waiting for the corporate messiahs to save us

# science    

why a good story doesn't make for good reasoning

It's not a revelation that people like creationist "just-so" stories. Pundits need to stop insisting that scientists make up some of their own.
why a good story doesn't make for good reasoning

# science    

the peter principle stacks the deck against science

Too many of the lawmakers who sit on the House Science and Technology Committee are the absolute worst people to be on such a committee.
the peter principle stacks the deck against science

# oddities    

paranoia, paranoia, the evil globalists are coming to get me…

Hyperventilating conspiracy theories used to be fringe phenomena on the internet look on as curiosities. Now, they're being incorporated into the GOP platform.
paranoia, paranoia, the evil globalists are coming to get me…

# tech    

how to weave machinery into biology

A new experiment is trying to marry the best of health monitoring technology and organs grown from stem cells.
how to weave machinery into biology

# science    

drama and politics, now with less science!

Celebrity skeptics collapse in on themselves in a multi-blog feud that has absolutely nothing to do with science and education.
drama and politics, now with less science!

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