Rant
Pluto is MAGA's favorite "planet" for a reason
Jared Isaacman's Pluto push is a master class in science populism
Science in Society
Are the Stardew Valley wiki authors scientists?
Science is the generational project of finding out true things about the real world — and that project needs catalogers
Opinion
Is your willpower stronger than a proton beam?
How much are researchers — especially marginalized researchers — expected to endure just to stay in science?
Science Communication
Pop science doesn't reach a "general audience"
Pop sci readers are wealthy, educated, and left-leaning
Astrobiology
What do space sugars tell us about the origin of life?
The mystery of life's origin is not a missing magic ingredient, it's a missing process.
Biology
Does biology play dice?
Some thoughts on nature, nurture, and chance in development
Opinion
True fictions
The storytelling instinct conjures illusions of consensus in science