# oddities
What does it take to sway an atheist? Skeptical bloggers weigh in...
# tech
Newspapers are still on the warpath against bloggers and it's not working out for them.
# space
Even if aliens would try to invade and conquer us, they're probably not going to be in a hurry to do so or even want to spend the effort...
# space
We're here for an exciting time, not a long time. And we should use that time doing something fun and constructive.
# politics
When humanity tries to be at its best in the wake of a tragedy, the bowels of the internet hand out megaphones to some of its worst members.
# tech
Philosopher Nick Bostrom is still barking up the same, fundamentally wrong tree of emergent super-intelligence.
# space
Before closing its doors forever, the Journal of Cosmology lobs one last volley for its theory of panspermia and it's a... well, it's certainly something.
# tech
"Listen, sometimes I just get the urge to kill all humans. You know?"
# science
The Journal of Cosmology is closing its doors. Bloggers relying on clicks from picking apart deeply flawed studies are devastated.
# evolution
Christina fundamentalists may want to ban evolution from schools, but Muslim fundamentalists want to kill anyone who teaches it.
# science
Placebos are all in the mind, but that doesn't mean they're not extremely powerful.
# science
No matter how good the intentions, designing the babies of a future generations is simply not going to work in the long term.
# oddities
Sometimes looking through the spam trap leads you down a path of abject insanity...
# astrobiology
Just because a planet was ejected from its solar system doesn't mean its oceans can't stay liquid long enough to host some basic life.
# space
A neutron star that suddenly cooled gives us a hint at what's going on in its superheated innards.
