Zombie Politics

The  last time  we looked inside Chris Mooney's insightful and amazing book,   The Republican Brain  (and I realized it's been far t...

I love old science films. It's probably because when I was a kid in the 1970s they still showed these films in class. They actually show...

As Chris Mooney has pointed out many, many times, nothing will likely get through. On the off chance that it mig...

Audi is experimenting with "e-diesel" made from a combination of carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and water. Very cool! I've never h...

In addition to their being a scientific consensus on climate change, there is also one on guns . So, for example, one survey asked whether...

Does this guy even understand fundamental concepts of science? I thought we were done with this shit 500 years ago with Copernicus. Ah ...

Most of the news that is heavily reported these days is bad news. There are number of reasons for this but the main one is that bad news sel...

Our government does more good things than people want to give them credit for which gets pretty frustrating for me. Here's a great examp...

I'm feeling extra science-y today so I simply must point out the recent news about the Big Bang Theory.  Reaching back across 13.8 bi...

The good thing about science is that it's true whether you believe it or not and now that this study is out , I'm waiting for the he...

Great piece in the Times about how Alan Alda is working to improve the way scientists communicate with us ordinary folk. Why? That scient...

Politico has an absolutely fascinating piece in their magazine about how robotics literally saved the economy of Pittsburgh. In many ways, ...

Great short film on what our planet might look like from an alien species point of view. Perhaps this is why they have not made contact:)

An answer to to this question would change the course of human history. For the believers of many religions, the soul moves on to the next l...

With Nobel prize given to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs for their work in subatomic particles, it seems we are moving closer to the goa...