# space
Warp drives will work by creating a bubble of twisted space. But the physics of that bubble get very complicated very quickly.
# tech
Sometimes our retro-futuristic dreams do come true. Just not in the form we expected...
# space
A pair of new telescopes are ready to look further into the dawn of our universe than we've ever seen before.
# education
Since the Texas School Board is really into injecting controversies into education, here's one they should consider.
# tech
Intelligence seems to be an emergent property. But it doesn't emerge from processing speed or ability to store a certain amount of data...
# science
Is there such a thing as a limit to how much information your brain can store? Amazingly, there doesn't appear to be one.
# science
Weird Things talks to Phil Plait about astronomy, skepticism, and correcting people who are wrong on the internet.
# tech
Your brain does not work like a computer just because it also sends electrical signals through special pathways.
# health
How far should we go to help people who refuse to help themselves? Or worse yet, whose parents refuse treatment we know will keep them alive?
# health
Anti-vaxxers are absolutely certain that vaccines are evil and they're prepared to move any goal post to justify that belief.
# health
Researchers call for a more rigorous and detailed protocol in final stage drug trials after reviewing the real world efficacy of anti-depressants.
# science
Dinosaurs were wiped out by a huge asteroid, right? But what if it wasn't the final blow? Or not the only trigger for a mass extinction?
# science
Are we about to see another short ice age as solar activity plummets?
# health
It seems bizarre, but the longer a patient using alternative medicine is sick, the more converts the alternative treatments win.
# science
In a universe where everything is made of chemicals, "natural" is just a buzzword used to make a bigger profit.