# space
Virgin Galactic has unveiled the first prototype of SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle that will take tourists to the edge of space.
# evolution
A few questions for the Great Creationist Information Theory Wizard William Albert Dembski about the design of the human body and genome.
# science
Three internet cranks manage to achieve a truly impressive feat of meaningless numerology. We'll dissect it just for the hell of it.
# space
Astronomers spotted evidence of a very rare event that only happens to the largest and heaviest stars: an antimatter-fueled supernova.
# health
J.B. Handley and the crew at Age of Autism had a disturbing and revolting meltdown this week.
# tech
Cyborg technology is making huge strides, but it won't make us superhuman. At least not yet...
# oddities
Today is the day to celebrate your favorite cosmic horror, which lays dead-dreaming on the bottom of the ocean.
# science
The King of New Age Woo, Deepak Chopra, goes on the warpath against his many critics.
# tech
The idea that simulating a brain in a computer will yield an intelligent being has become an unshakeable belief amongst Singularitarians.
# science
The Climategate e-mails reveal nothing more than scientists frustrated with predatory denialists and their cherry-picked, bad faith arguments and demands .
# astrobiology
When we really think about it, there could be a lot of reasons alien life can't, or doesn't want to, talk to us besides fear, politics, or timelines.
# tech
Before you let IBM sell you a computer to help lead your company, consider the downsides of outsourcing your strategy to a machine learning algorithm.
# space
Can we turn black holes into a way to explore space at relativistic speeds? A pair of physicists thinks it may be plausible if we have enough powerful lasers...
# health
It really seems homeopaths don't understand basic middle school physics and are hoping you don't either in the asinine pitches for their snake oil.
# science
Responding to climate change denialism and conspiracy theories with apocalyptic hyperbole is turning away the people who need to be persuaded that global warming is a real problem.
