Finally. I'm so freaking sick of environmentalists proclaming gloom and doom like this ... but failing to mention that that what their hocking is the most unlikely, worst-case scenario. Three cheers for freaking Oxford. Read the full story.

The regulatory difficulties of sending a ship into space are proving to be almost as difficult as the technical ones. But things may be getting better. Read the full story.

The story of a wizard I never really wanted to play, who went on to become my second-most effective character in our ongoing D&D campaign.