Category Archives: Science

In a neat reversal, I offer my weak, all-too-human joke: Robot HAL 9000-Descendent: “Don’t you trust us?” Human: “I’m sorry, robot, I can’t do that.” Researchers Use Robot to Determine How Human Strangers Develop Trust

Now if only we can start finding the inhabitants of all these new worlds. Prospects for Finding New Earths Boosted by Brand New Planet-Finding Technique

Speaking of Hyena Men, check out this amazing bit of feline predatory trickery caught in action. Wild Cat Found Mimicking Monkey Calls

More proof that complex life is commonplace in the cosmos. Latest news from Aloeworld. Super-Complex Organic Molecules Found in Interstellar Space A team of scientists from the Instituto Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Texas has succeeded in … Continue reading →

Talk about the coolest childhood memory ever. These students just discovered the cave wherein lies John Carter’s body. Mars cave, shrouded in mystery, discovered by a group of seventh-graders By Clara Moskowitz A group of seventh-graders in California has discovered … Continue reading →

“It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the … Continue reading →