So science, media, and religion are all up in each other's faces.
South Park takes on evolution/creationism (and the Nintendo Wii too)
"Go God Go"
Show on YouTube: part 1, part 2, part3
The "Flying Spaghetti Monster" is even mentioned
Wired has a very detailed and interesting article about the modern Atheism movement and most of the Atheists come across as crotchety old men ;) *
IU student in Bloomington is visited by the FBI because of his website that makes fake boarding passes.
So again, the US security policy seems to be that we spend our time supressing info about problems rather than actually solving any of the real issues.
And in Entertainment I am really jazzed about this movie...
The Fountain directed by Darren Aronofsky (pi, Requiem for a Dream)
Wired has a cool interview with the director. *
One of the most interesting thing about the film is that no CG images were used for the vast space scenes (to the dismay of the studio). Physical micro-liquid photography was used and then later only composited digitally. (trailer)