# politics
Indiana governor Mitch Daniels teaches a master class in mindless, empty, hostile zealotry and stringing together supposedly fear-inducing buzzwords.
# space
If we'll ever meaningfully explore space, the first thing we need is a vision from our leaders that stretches beyond just winning the next election.
# space
At the dawn of the universe, enormous black holes were among the first things to be born, and at the end of it, they will be among the last to die.
# space
The IIS is an engineering marvel and one of humanity's biggest accomplishments. Unfortunately, its potential is being wasted and its future is being horribly mismanaged.
# tech
The team behind Duke Nukem Forever failed to learn the most important lesson of any creative and engineering field: at some point you have to stop designing and building the thing.
# health
Homeopaths appear to be very good at fear-mongering and repeating soothing buzzwords, and very bad at science and creating conspiracies about big business.
# science
A little gift guide for your favorite cranks, quacks, snake oil salespeople, creationists, and pseudoscientists this holiday season.
# evolution
New evidence for venomous dinosaurs is beginning to emerge and we think we have our first example.
# tech
Researchers are scanning extremely thin slices of human brains to build up the most detailed map of our minds ever created. And that map may have some weird implications.
# science
If skeptical and science bloggers don't have anything nice to say, we shouldn't have to say anything nice.
# space
How hard would it be to develop space travel on a small, Earth-sized planet with rings posing a constant navigational hazard?
# tech
Far be it from me to offer design advice to giant killer robot builders, but that's exactly what I'm going to do.
# health
Politicians are not waiting for the science when it comes to the possible dangers of cell phones and legislating based on slim to nonexistent evidence.
# politics
Science is the first thing politicians cut and the last thing they fund. They're trading short term cash for long term growth.
# science
Deepak Chopra is out to disprove evolution using biocentrism, a meaningless collection of woo buzzwords he and his like-minded friends concocted out of nothing.
