In what is becoming to be one of the worst misuses of science since electronics ended up in Sammy the Singing Sea Bass, defenders of "Intelligent Design" increasingly abuse both words and the anthropic principle to "prove" the existence of God.
Who speaks for us if extraterrestrials contact humankind?
In one of the craziest proclamations I've ever read, the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee has banned judges from "friending" lawyers on social-networking sites.
The article compares the merits of manned and unmanned robotic missions into space. Robotic missions are cheaper; manned missions capture the public's imagination but they're expensive and risky. Some argue that manned missions are critical to the success of the space program.
Are we alone? The article examines the odds that our planet is the only one to have evolved intelligent life.
If advanced extraterrestrial civilizations exist, where's the evidence?
Former U.S. astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz believes space travel could be dramatically faster using his high-tech VASIMR rocket.
Cambridge University researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease and curable.
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