Encyclopedia of Life hits a high water-mark & Map of Life goes live (sorta) MORE

Idea Lab can't stop transmitting our atoms across space and time! More videos & music. MORE

Did dinosaurs fart themselves into extinction? Will we do it next? MORE

Inkblots look cool and make for easy humor in movie and TV shows, but in real life, the test seems kinda quaint, a relic from the early 20th century. Read 'Dog Butterfly: Do Psychologists Really Still Use Rorschach Tests?' on yr Idea Lab. MORE

The idea of moving fleshly matter across space in an instant---without having to, like, put it in a taxi? Alluring. Enduring. Inspiring to many a writer, filmmaker, and musician. MORE

Denialism, a.k.a., "science denial," is seen by many as a great threat. Many of those folks threatened are, shockingly enough, scientists, academics, and science writers. Others just don't want their glaciers melting or their schools to avoid facts about evolution. Some of 'em gathered recently for a conference on Science Writing in the Age of Denial. MORE