Tomorrow is the big day. Time to dust off your eclipse glasses, binoculars and posterboard, or pinhole camera and witness the transit of Venus, a once in a lifetime event! Click the link above to learn more. BLOG POSTS  | Jim Bell: Not Necessarily Your Last Venus Transit!
The next pair of Venus transits won't be until 2117 and 2125. So, unless you are lucky and healthy enough to live for another 105 years, this will be your last chance to see a Venus transit from the surface of the Earth. But -- aha! there's the catch -- "from the surface of the Earth." |  | Anna Leahy: SpaceX: Giving Berth, Hatching, Making a Splash
No matter what the nation decides regarding the future of manned spaceflight, the success of Dragon these past couple of weeks have established that SpaceX will have a role to play in that future. |  | Matthew Hutson: Are People With Autism More Likely to Be Atheists?
Scientists who study religion have come to agree that belief in God (or gods) relies on our ability, and propensity, to think about the minds of others. This means that if you are autistic and unable to "mentalize," you would be an atheist. New research provides fresh evidence for this claim. |  | David Ropeik: So You Think You Can Think? Think Again!
A paper in this week's Nature Climate Change reinforces a really important insight about the limits of our ability to reason and think rationally. Dan Kahan and colleagues demonstrate how greater science literacy leads those who deny climate change to deny it more. |  | James H. Scully, Jr., M.D.: DSM-5 Inaccuracies: Setting the Record Straight
In a recent piece on The Huffington Post, Allen Frances, M.D., demonstrates either an embarrassing lack of knowledge and understanding of financial reporting or an intentional misrepresentation of facts in his continuing effort to attack the forthcoming DSM-5. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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