# space
A simulated mission to Mars finds that one of the biggest potential threats to astronauts outside of radiation will be cabin fever.
# space
Extrasolar moons of gas giants may be the perfect worlds for life outside out solar system. And they should be even more common than planets.
# tech
The march of automation is imminent. How we plan for it is crucial for the future of the global economy.
# science
Amazingly, you can cool something to below absolute zero. And what happens when you do is really, really weird...
# tech
Study on the failures of telecommuting shows that many employers don't understand telecommuting and hence, neither do their workers.
# tech
Charles Seife wants his fusion reactor and he wants it now, dammit, or no funding for you.
# tech
Military blogger invokes theoretical computer science in a post about testing code for fighter jets and gets the fundamentals wrong.
# evolution
Creationism, now done in the best labs a stock photo license can buy.
# oddities
Weird Things survives two ends of the world, which should be some sort of record for a weird science blog.
# science
A new potential life-extension drug is performing extremely well in mice. Will these results translate well to humans?
# science
Alcohol isn't just the cause of and answer to most of life's problems, it also tells us something fundamental about the nature of all matter.
# science
It seems we finally understand something about black holes and their behavior.
# oddities
Right wing conspiracy theorists are really, really, really invested in a New World Order plot they believe is outlined in a document called Agenda 21...
# tech
A self-described Anonymous hacker general describes a world right out of a spy movie playing only in his own head.
# tech
Bureaucrats keep thinking about how to tame the internet, but the internet's very nature makes it trivial to resist their efforts.