I’ve refrained from commenting on politics up to now, but this is too absurd to be ignored any longer.
According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility:
Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising a prompt [...]

Victoria News recently published an interesting article on Singularitarians in Canada whcih compared Singularitarianism with religion:
At first blush, Singularitarianism may seem like a religion and has even earned from critics the label “Rapture of the Nerds.” But Singularitarianism differs from religion in one crucial aspect: its belief doesn’t depend on a supernatural power influencing human [...]