# astrobiology
Just because a planet was ejected from its solar system doesn't mean its oceans can't stay liquid long enough to host some basic life.
# space
A neutron star that suddenly cooled gives us a hint at what's going on in its superheated innards.
# politics
Cranks, quacks, and peddlers of woo would love for skeptics to tone down their criticism. In fact, they'd like us to stop it completely.
# space
Another day, another exercise in nearly unfalsifiable numerology from arXiv...
# politics
Religious apologists sure do love their fantasies of how unbelievers will be tortured in the fires of Hell...
# space
The future of space exploration should be one of our top priorities as a species. Unfortunately, its continuation, much less success, is not guaranteed.
# science
Playing peekaboo with weather and mistaking it for climate across the entire planet is really not something to advertise publicly...
# oddities
Scientology presents itself as a religion of the future, but its former members tell the story of an abusive, criminal cult obsessed with money, power, and blackmailing its followers.
# health
The two rules of alt med business. One, there's no regulation strict enough for Big Pharma. Two, any regulation, no matter how token, is too onerous for snake oil manufacturers.
# tech
There's a reason why we can see and understand things robots can't, and that reason might be a cluster of neurons known as V4.
# science
Michio Kaku is an expert in theoretical physics. This is why it's not surprising that he's reciting for sci-fi cliches about evolution instead of the actual science.
# tech
Watson can easily win a trivia contest, but it needs to play anyway to learn how to talk to humans.
# tech
Time gives the Singularity and its prophet the kid glove treatment, glossing over the scientific and technical issues with a wave of starry eyed credulity.
# tech
The internet kill switch bill is back and its author and sponsors have learned absolutely nothing about how the technology works.
# science
Robert Lanza is back and he thinks he knows how to cheat death and create your own afterlife with some very self-absorbed woo...
