Russ McBee

This is pretty disturbing -- robots replacing soldiers in battle: In the heat of battle, their minds clouded by fear, anger or vengefulness, even the best-trained soldiers can act in ways that violate the Geneva Conventions or battlefield rules of engagement. Now some researchers suggest that robots could do better. ''My research hypothesis is ...

Despite the fact that creationism and its dark twin intelligent design are nothing more than religious dogma tarted up to look like science, a disturbingly high number of science teachers in US schools insist on presenting that propaganda to their students as a scientifically valid theory. A Penn State researcher has conducted a study of US ...

Until recently, a woman named Chris Comer had served for nine years as the state science curriculum director for the Texas Education Agency. She was fired for forwarding an email and merely adding the phrase ''FYI.'' Unfortunately for Ms. Comer and the schoolchildren of Texas, the subject of the email was a presentation to be given by a ...