# evolution
Believe it or not, DNA is not the only hereditary molecule out there. In fact, it's one of many molecules that could form the backbone of gene pools.
# astrobiology
A study using soldier crabs to emulate computers is actually a perfect illustration of how different alien computing could be.
# education
Accommodationist philosopher Michael Ruse is now seriously defending the citizens of Tennessee voting on science and facts.
# health
Sprawling suburbs, roadways instead of parks and avenues, and portions far beyond anything sane or healthy is taking its toll on Americans.
# politics
Trying to balance the national budget by cutting space exploration is like trying to pay off a mortgage with spare change from your couch and forgoing a raise.
# space
If an alien civilization is advanced and powerful enough, could evidence of their existence be written on a galactic scale?
# tech
Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror shows us just how crazy the hiring process can be today by laying out his dream version of it.
# tech
We might not be quite ready for the kind of augmented reality that Google has in mind for us..
# tech
No, a Dyson sphere around our sun isn't a plausible project for the next few thousand years. And maybe not even then.
# space
Space exploration and long term settlements of alien worlds might actually be a recipe for creating new countries with their own cultures, languages, and armed forces.
# tech
How do you connect multiple robots into a single hive mind? Yours truly has been trying to come up with a way to do exactly that.
# science
OPERA experiment's lead investigator resigned after a scathing rebuke from his fellow scientists over the neutrino detection incident. He should've been allowed to stay.
# tech
Pseudoscience and fact-free manifestos, now with anger management issues...
# astrobiology
If aliens want to go really, really fast, there's a small chance we could catch them in the act.
# tech
A Singularity by any other name is still just a utopian cold reading of where technology is headed.
