# science
Could the laws of physics step in to prevent attempts at radical life extension?
# science
Can we destroy the world with nukes? It depends on who you ask and what kinds of warheads and damage they include in their calculations...
# tech
Bill McKibben isn't worried that the Technological Singularity will never happen. He's worried it will usher in an era of fascist ubermensch who will destroy humanity as we know it.
# tech
Defining artificial intelligence is a very difficult problem, both philosophically and mathematically. So it's little wonder some people interested in AI want to take some shortcuts...
# evolution
Deepak Chopra's fluffy quantum creationist woo has a new imitator and he's ready to disappoint readers with a buzzword salad of an essay.
# science
With friends like accommodationists, science advocates don't need any enemies.
# space
Politicians still can't figure out exactly what they want NASA to be or do. And that's hurting both its budget and its ability to plan.
# education
According to the Center For Inquiry, science teachers can't tell students the Earth is not 6,000 years old and life as we know it evolved through natural selection and mutations.
# space
Something is wrong in the data we get when we measure distances to far away quasars to see how fast the universe is expanding.
# health
Consider this a PSA for aspiring biohackers: gene therapy does not work if you literally drink the genes.
# space
Today is the day when we look back at what we accomplished in space and ask ourselves how we can do more.
# science
The results of the biannual scientific literacy survey conducted by the National Science Foundation are so embarrassing, the organization felt the need to censor some of the results.
# science
Ayala shows us that the accommodationist ruse only works as long as no one can pin down your concrete views on where belief ends and science begins.
# sex
According to Scott Southworth, teaching teenagers how to use birth control is essentially the same crime as showing pornography to a minor.
# science
A thought experiment on what might happen if you try to teleport your way through traffic in front of a police car.
