# oddities
Just because you've been condemned to hell doesn't mean it has to be torture. All you need to do is know how to prepare for your particular damnation.
# oddities
Conspiracies seem to be all around us today. And ironically, that's the reason why most of them can't possibly be true.
# science
Ray Kurzweil seems to think that DNA is like software code which can be optimized and compressed. He's in for a rude awakening if he tries to treat it that way.
# science
Phil Plait urges skepticism in moderation and without harsh criticism. By using rather hard criticism of skeptics on the front lines.
# science
Culture, not genetics, plays the key role in how much you gossip or how willing you are to talk about your problems.
# tech
Didn't get enough Singularity debates on the air last time? George Dvorsky and I are back...
# tech
The Prophet of the Singularity returns with a hopeful sermon on our impending computer-aided immortality.
# oddities
Here's a brief animated summary of the Cthulhu Mythos for those of you who from some bizarre reason haven't read it yet.
# space
Despite what the media might have told you, we don't actually know if a rocky planet slammed into Jupiter or not.
# space
Black holes radiate virtually no energy, much less anything we'd consider heat. But that doesn't mean their innards aren't superheated to cosmic extremes...
# science
Yes, the rumors are true, Conservapedia, the right wing anti-Wikipedia, thinks relativity is a liberal plot to indoctrinate new atheists.
# science
Scientists and engineers don't turn into cranks overnight. It's a process that usually starts by not knowing when to cut one's losses...
# space
PZ Myers declares space exploration and colonizing other words dead on arrival. Let me count the way's he's wrong about that...
# tech
The definition of what constitutes artificial intelligence is still highly subjective.
# tech
Computer scientist Jaron Lanier wants to you remind you not to worship technology as a panacea to all the world's ills, albeit in a very bizarre, rambling way...
