canada Announcing the winners of Sense About Science's 2019 Maddox Prize Cory Doctorow

uk Nominate someone for Sense About Science's "John Maddox Prize" Cory Doctorow

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uk 2012: Tory Prime Minister David Cameron declares war on "Safety Culture" Cory Doctorow

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

Spoken Word with Electronics Space Aliens are no longer visiting Earth due to an allergy to our cell phones Ethan Persoff

conspiracy theories How come so many Christians fall for conspiracy theories? Thom Dunn

Post-truth is pre-fascism Excellent Atlantic article about QAnon and how it is becoming an anti-Enlightenment religion Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Kim Stanley Robinson on how the coronavirus is rewiring our imaginations Gareth Branwyn

Science Coronavirus 'acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen,' say doctors Xeni Jardin

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids A beheaded tot, isolated stars, and cure coronavirus with herbs, in last week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

robots "What is a robot?" Pioneering roboticist Rodney Brooks answers with a sonnet David Pescovitz

coronavirus Is a soapy washcloth in a plastic bag an effective hand sanitizer? Mark Frauenfelder

Science Physicist Freeman Dyson's alien megastructure legacy David Pescovitz

Science Freeman Dyson as remembered by Tim O'Reilly David Pescovitz

Drugs Without the Hot Air: the best book I've ever read on drugs and drug policy, in an expanded new edition Cory Doctorow