# science
Hypothetically, science and technology should have fared better under the liberal Obama administration. In reality, very little has changed.
# politics
Sometimes angry calls for more civility in political and social discourse are necessary. And sometimes they're just a muzzle for partisan bloviators who can dish it out but can't take it.
# tech
Being replaced by machines at work is no longer a utopian prediction. It's a grim reality for which our leaders haven't even tried to prepare.
# oddities
For the vast majority of people, Halloween is an excuse to dress up in costumes and have fun. But for some, it's a time when demons walk the Earth and a perfect opportunity to fight against the modern world.
# politics
If skeptics are trying to win hearts and minds, they need to remember that teaching kids real science and critical thinking can't be sidelined.
# tech
Using video games and realistic virtual simulations to train soldiers has been a sci-fi trope for many years. Experts are wondering if it could soon become a reality.
# space
Want to get a good guess as to how old a star is? Just listen to its hum...
# politics
Inertia applies not only to objects with mass, but to bureaucracy and large institutions that have grown out of control.
# oddities
Stephen Fry has a message for pedants who crawl through many a blog's comment threads.
# politics
Newly minted atheists are joining skeptical groups and those groups are not happy about it...
# science
Humor can be the beast way to show the shortfalls of a pseudoscientific idea as shown by XKCD and Scenes From A Multiverse.
# science
Often times, the loudest defenders of a belief aren't trying to convince you. They're trying to convince themselves.
# space
An extrasolar Hot Jupiter called Upsilon Andromedae b has a hot spot in one of the strangest and most awkward possible places in its atmosphere and scientists aren't quite sure why.
# space
The UN is musing about a giant sunshade to cool the planet by reflecting 1% of the light that reaches us. They really don't want to know the price tag...
# politics
The Tea Party is gladly willing to sabotage science, education, technology, and anything else that reminds them that the world is changing because to them, change is scary.
