# tech
No, computers didn't predict the Arab Spring. Their vague outputs are just being sold as predictions after the fact.
# oddities
Muslim fundamentalists want all those harlots to cover up their sexy, sexy eyes, lest they're tempted to sin at the sight of an exposed iris.
# science
Zero point energy is a favorite term for sci-fi writers and physics cranks. But while they think it means free energy from nothing, it's actually just a quantum state.
# health
Marc Stephens, a lawyer for the infamous Burzynski Clinic, decided that the best way to meet skeptics is with unhinged conspiracy theories and harassment.
# science
An experiment has detected neutrinos moving slightly faster than the speed of light and the scientists can't believe their results.
# tech
Weird Things returns from its extended break to bring you more strange science and tech.
# tech
A not so happy update about the future of Weird Things...
# oddities
Christian zealots and Muslim fundamentalists find new common ground: that evolution is a myth created by the Jews to subjugate the world.
# education
William Deresiewicz would like to lift up the humanities by tearing down STEM, with a little casual racism and xenophobia on top for good measure.
# tech
If we accept that internet connectivity in the 21st century is a part of vital infrastructure, the next question is what is the minimum speed we can call acceptable.
# space
Gliese 581d, one of the exoplanets considered potential homes for alien creatures seems to show even more promise on further investigation.
# astrobiology
Could an alien civilization set up a way to communicate with us more visually than just sending a laser or microwave broadcast?
# science
Cosmologists are still puzzling over faint signals in the CMBR that may or may not be there and indicate profound events in our past or to our future.
# science
Stem cells can become any kind of tissue you might need. Hypothetically. In practice, your body might just attack them as foreign invaders.
# tech
Unless you're famous enough to be recognized by the top tier in your industry, you're probably still going to need a resume, no matter what Seth Godin says.
