SETI Lonely Billionaire Throws $100 Million at SETI July 22, 2015 Yuri Milner gathered the SETI believers and gave them a pile of money to find aliens. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Is Pluto Another Geyser World? "Shocking" Images Baffle Scientists July 17, 2015 In addition to featureless plains, Pluto may even sport active geysers—with no recourse to tidal heating to power them. CONTINUE READING
Dating Methods Pluto Is Young July 15, 2015 The New Horizons science team is stunned by surface features on Pluto and its large moon Charon that cannot be billions of years old. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Pluto Inbound Image Stuns Scientists July 14, 2015 It's not a featureless orb: Pluto has a whale and a heart. A "complex and nuanced" surface shows that Pluto and its large moon Charon had a history. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Will Pluto Surprise Scientists? July 9, 2015 First-time encounters have a long history of shocking planetary scientists with unexpected features. It's about time for Pluto. CONTINUE READING
SETI Desperately Seeking Life Beyond Earth July 7, 2015 Earth life cannot be unique. How about you, Mars? Europa, anything? Enceladus? Comet 67P? Please break the silence! CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science Making Up Facts to Fit a Narrative July 6, 2015 To be a good evolutionary scientist, write your narrative first. Then observe things. Finally, make up a model that fits the narrative. CONTINUE READING
Physics Natural Light Shows Dazzle Scientists July 3, 2015 Here are some news stories from diverse fields of science, related only by the phenomenon of light. CONTINUE READING
SETI SETI Believers Are Lost in Space July 2, 2015 How long can you say "watch this space" till onlookers lose interest? CONTINUE READING
Physics Quantum and Classical Realities: Reconciled at Last? June 22, 2015 Some physicists think they've explained how quantum effects vanish at macro scales; others say it doesn't change quantum mechanical paradoxes. CONTINUE READING
Astronomy Astronomers Lie about Star Formation June 20, 2015 A look at the evidence behind the latest claim of the universe's earliest stars shows nothing of the sort. And that's not the biggest whopper. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Titan: Planetary Scientists Invent Imaginary Histories June 15, 2015 Getting from then to now is more poetic license than demonstrable fact. CONTINUE READING
Solar System Solar System Puzzles Needing Explanation June 11, 2015 Here are some of the latest observations that are baffling planetary scientists. CONTINUE READING
Solar System What to Look for at Pluto June 3, 2015 As New Horizons closes in on Pluto for its July 14 encounter, what questions should be asked? CONTINUE READING
Origin of Life Origin of Life Theories Lost in Space June 2, 2015 Scenarios for life's origin contradict one another and compete for implausibility. CONTINUE READING