It makes sense for an alien species not to care about wiping out a civilization on another planet. Question is whether it would be worth the hassle.

Tim Minchin's skeptical beat poem finally gets the animated treatment it deserves.

Templeton's latest prize goes over like a lead zeppelin. They're trying to spin it as a grand PR victory anyway.

Anti-nuclear NIMBYism has not gotten better over the years. In fact, it's getting worse.

The ivory tower phenomenon is real, and it's brutal on scientists and their research.

To some, Ray Kurzweil will always be a tech prophet , and they're prepared to cherry-pick his track record to sell that belief.

Could we spot aliens not by their signals into outer space, but by their mining activity?

Politicians seem to be really upset with people learning things from which they might not get immediate, quantifiable benefit. And that's the worst possible attitude about education.

Tech evangelists seem really worried about making friends with robots and forgetting that we can always override their programming.

Weird Things will now be an official source for Reptilian and Illuminati approved disinformation.

Ancient astronaut proponents can't seem to distinguish between the terms plausible and likely.

Yes, praying for someone after a tragedy is not even as helpful as sharing a news article about it on social media. And that's a very low bar to fail to clear...

Academics and STEM industries are worried that financial firms are making offers the graduates they need can't refuse with serious repercussions for the rest of society.

Anti-vaxers are vehemently opposed to a bill that would require doctors to explain how vaccines work on the basis that it would require them to leave their echo chambers and might sway parents on the fence to vaccinate.

Rehashing the same old talking points while framing them as questions does not make them better or more correct.