planets Scientists discover "bizarre hell planet" where it rains rocks into lava oceans Thom Dunn

science fiction Kim Stanley Robinson says Elon Musk's Mars plan is a "1920s science-fiction cliché" Cory Doctorow

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Rigellian: the science-fictional inhabitants of a bright blue star Jesse Sheidlower

Fungus Among Us "The Last of Us" irresponsibly promotes a fear of mushrooms David Pescovitz

By God's Visitation How did the genocide of indigenous Americans impact the health of planet Earth? Elías Villoro

videos Cool graffiti: Art Overnight's dancing bear in a tunnel Elías Villoro

Extraterrestrials Author Kevin Kelly's "12 assumptions for extraterrestrial life" Mark Frauenfelder

History English commoners' rights come from The Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Elías Villoro

culture jamming Fake Adidas "RealityWear" line highlights labor abuses Jennifer Sandlin

Food Tasting and rating some of the hottest peppers in the world Gareth Branwyn

movies We might be getting that long-rumored Captain Planet movie from Leonardo DiCaprio after all Devin Nealy

Delightful Creatures Melibe viridis is a gelatinous hungry nudibranch Elías Villoro

drugs These psychonauts are in training to take DMT trips that last hours or even days and report back… for science David Pescovitz

HDSF Cereans live on Ceres (in the future) Jesse Sheidlower

christianity Watch: Michele Bachmann said she spent Christmas telling her 3- and 6-year-old grandkids that the "eternal fires" of Hell await them Mark Frauenfelder

books The Red Deal calls for climate solutions beyond the scope of state action Elías Villoro

science fiction 13-year-old explains why he thinks we are living in a parallel universe Jennifer Sandlin

movies A World War Hulk movie is looking likely Devin Nealy

Science Star 15 light years away has two Earth-like planets Rob Beschizza

medicine A summary of recent research into Long Covid Elías Villoro