# 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...
# politics
Frank Swain's criticism of skeptical bloggers has some good notes, but largely misses the broader point of what skeptical blogging is all about.
# oddities
A closer, more scientific-ish look at the dreaded primordial graboid...
# space
Here's a little something for fans of large, complex space art...
# education
Not making future doctors take enough science classes or pass stringent exams to appeal to humanities majors is a recipe for disaster.
# education
College education seems due for an overhaul and the first step may be admitting that not everyone needs it.
# science
NYT's Virginia Heffernan seems shocked and appalled that popular science blogs aren't dry, purely academic exercises in summarizing scientific papers.
# science
Good regulation is based on facts and peer-reviewed studies, not scaremongering and chemophobia.
# tech
It's one thing to criticize junk science or lack of detail when it comes to transhumanism. It's something else to dismiss the entire concept based on glorified statism and fatalism.
