# tech
Science fiction writers who really research AI can come away with some great insights.
# tech
Jaron Lanier went from VR pioneer to Luddite afraid of transhumanists' supposed agenda of mass dehumanization.
# space
Scientists issue a correction to the age of the Earth. What does this mean? Pretty much nothing...
# space
While we still don't know how supermassive black holes get as heavy and large as they are, but we have a few ideas...
# politics
UK musicians Pig With The Face Of A Boy put together a fantastic nod to Russian history.
# health
Two scientists submit the applications that an opening for a homeopathic doctor deserved...
# tech
While utopians dream of tomorrow's world, they often forget that we can't take anything for granted when it comes to humanity's future.
# tech
Are public transhumanists pulling away from Kurzweil, citing him as a distraction from a much more sober and realistic community?
# astrobiology
SETI is thinking about how to detect and talk to alien computers instead of just alien beings. And that's a lot harder than it sounds.
# tech
A superintelligent computer would be the last invention humanity could ever want. Figuratively and literally.
# oddities
Just because you've been condemned to hell doesn't mean it has to be torture. All you need to do is know how to prepare for your particular damnation.
# oddities
Conspiracies seem to be all around us today. And ironically, that's the reason why most of them can't possibly be true.
# science
Ray Kurzweil seems to think that DNA is like software code which can be optimized and compressed. He's in for a rude awakening if he tries to treat it that way.
# science
Phil Plait urges skepticism in moderation and without harsh criticism. By using rather hard criticism of skeptics on the front lines.
# science
Culture, not genetics, plays the key role in how much you gossip or how willing you are to talk about your problems.
