Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# science
Nothing is more important to a modern nation's prosperity than science and engineering, and nothing is more neglected by today's politicians.
# science
Politicians want to cut scientific research and education programs, ignoring how little they'd actually be cutting and how many people it will truly affect.
# space
Space reporters are wondering how NASA will navigate its rivalry with private rocketeers. But NASA is actually very happy to have company.
# politics
The Tea Party is gladly willing to sabotage science, education, technology, and anything else that reminds them that the world is changing because to them, change is scary.
# politics
Christopher Hitchens accurately dissects why very few sane people want to go into Western politics anymore.
# politics
Today, extreme poverty is not an issue of insufficient resources, but of politics and allocation. And that makes it much harder to address.
# politics
Sometimes ideas advocated as dangerous and subversive are just poorly thought out notions in search of better marketing.
# space
NASA is trying to keep Constellation on life support by exploiting a loophole in its currently open-ended mission while Congress looks the other way.
# space
Politicians still can't figure out exactly what they want NASA to be or do. And that's hurting both its budget and its ability to plan.
# space
NASA is looking to fix its problems and gear up for sustainable missions. But the actual numbers leave much to be desired.