# astrobiology
Unfortunately, District 9 seems like a realistic look at how we'd treat an alien species that can't really defend itself from us.
# science
Evidence doesn't go away just because you choose to ignore it.
# science
Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum blame scientists for public scientific illiteracy. The case study serving as exhibit one? Pluto's demotion from planethood.
# science
Bigfoot sightings meet climate change for some serious research into the habitats of wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.
# astrobiology
According to a self-proclaimed expert in diplomatic relations with aliens, NASA is about to start an illegal war with an extraterrestrial outpost on the Moon.
# science
Even one young Earth creationist making decisions about how we use the planet's resources is already too many young Earth creationists with such power.
# education
Texas' new potential chair of the Board of Education will make you long for the good old days of anti-evolution dentist Don McLeroy.
# science
The heavier your atoms are, they faster they decay. But why? There's a reason why the more protons you add to a nucleus, the harder it is to keep the atom together.
# science
Humans are reaching the limits of biological evolution according to the opinion of pop sci enthusiasts playing with some bizarre technobabble and numerology.
# health
Mitchell and Webb show us what a homeopathic ER would actually look like in practice.
# sex
A small setback like being wrong about literally everything is not going to stop abstinence-only zealots from attacking sex ed.
# space
Astronomers are trying to zero in on the largest mass for a stellar black hole and found a monster larger and hungrier than they expected.
# science
What do we mean by breaking the laws of physics? And what happens if we do?
# science
A group of communicators have a new idea for dealing with religious zealots on a warpath against science education: shirk from the challenge.
# space
Asteroid mining is touted as the industry of the future. But how ready are we to harvest raw materials from the asteroid belt at a profit?
