An Astrobiologist’s Guide to the Best Sci-Fi Reads

Today in Supreme Court History: August 10, 1993

Open Thread

Mommy Issues: From Devotion to Sexual Liberation

Poem by Jim Culleny

France’s Best Argument Against Racism Isn’t Working

Don't Let AOC Retcon Her Starring Role in 'Woke 1'

Summer-Haters Anonymous

The Wisdom of Water: Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life

Will AI Replace Wine Criticism?

Tuesday Poem

Is Environmental Science Less Objective?

A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week

Open Thread

Neanderthal growth gene turns modern humans into muscle heads

Trump's Pernicious Threat to Impose Tariffs on Canada in Response to Wildfires

Posting "I Wish Someone Would In Alive Him" About Federal Judge Isn't Punishable Threat

Trump Backs Down From Yet Another Empty Threat to Iran

Under fire from Republican senators, Fauci takes the Fifth at COVID-19 hearing

Federal Judge Halts Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban, Signaling Other States' Efforts Might Be Illegal Too

Greg Abbott Once Called Texas the 'Epicenter' of AI. Now He's Freezing Data Center Construction.