According to transhumanist Michael Anissimov, there’s an even chance that we’re looking at immortality or existential destruction in the next 20-40 years. By RU Sirius

Just before his epic conflict with the Scientologists, Henson was scheduled to talk at a European Space Agency conference on how Space Elevators could completely solve the carbon and energy problems. By RU Sirius

Have you checked out MondoGlobo’s new video show? You may have, and don’t even know it! By Jeff Diehl

Given his battle with Scientology, this interview presents a broader view of Keith Henson. By RU Sirius

On Friday, Arizona police arrested a 64-year-old man — a fugitive since 2001 in a bizarre war that mixes free speech, copyright law, and the Church of Scientology. By RU Sirius

By focusing on technology, sex and relationships, author Joe Quirk is broadening the audience for the study of the genetic roots of human behaviors. By RU Sirius

Links and excerpts. By Jeff Diehl

This time around, it appears that Mr. Wilson has actually left corporeality, appropriately on 1/11 (at 4:50 am — you hardcore number freaks can get to work on the meaning of that one… I do see a five in there!). By RU Sirius

Sex laws around the world are as diverse as indigenous spices — an acceptable Scandinavian romp might get you barbarically executed in another region of the globe. (NSFW) By Hank Hyena

What if The Bible were happening right now? That’s the question Douglas Rushkoff has been trying to grapple with in Testament, a series of graphic novels that transpose Biblical stories into contemporary narratives. By  RU Sirius

If Brian Flemming has his way, we’ll get a real War on Christmas, complete with atheistic shock troops confronting believers with the non-logic of their dearest religious beliefs. By RU Sirius

Although the spewers of fire ‘n’ brimstone are not exactly rare nowadays, they focus only on small corners of a sprawling theological castle tended by Lord Chick. By Andrew Hultkrans

2006 was the year Christmas confronted “filmmakers” and “comedians” who began uploading strange new perspectives to YouTube and Revver. Aren’t we blessed? By Destiny

I had swallowed the blue pill and could see the plot for what it was — a conspiracy to thin the population by driving the most emotionally vulnerable of us to blow out our brain stems when the Heat Miser shows up. By Steve Robles

Some very naughty children are defiling Christmas. Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown and A Christmas Story have been re-dubbed with X-rated dialogue and metal music. By Destiny

Radio stations celebrate the spirit of Christmas by promising to enlarge women’s cleavage. By Lou Cabron