Beyond the Realm of Stupid

SCIENCE Ice XVI Is the Strangest Form of Solid Water Yet ​As described in the current issue Nature, researchers have discovered/developed the least dense form of ice so-far observed: Ice XVI.

SPACE The Dominant Life Form in the Cosmos Is Probably Superintelligent Robots If and when we finally encounter aliens, they probably won’t look like little green men, or spiny insectoids.

HACK ATTACK Reaction to the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' "I can't believe I'm saying this. I can't believe I have to say this."

DIGITAL HISTORY How Disney Was Hustled into Making the Trippiest Movie About Computers Ever "Computers are People, Too!", a Disney documentary about computer art released in 1982, might just be the defining artifact of this period. At the very least, it’s certainly the strangest.

FACTORY FARMING Drone Footage Reveals Massive, Toxic Manure 'Lagoons' at Factory Farms Since 2012, Mark Devries has been ​flying drones over A​merica's largest factory farms. In just-released aerial footage, he reveals the sheer size of the massive, toxic, feces-filled "lagoons" that they create.