An article on Space.com questioning our obsession with celebrity and why scientists are increasingly seen as the ‘bad guys.’

Today, the threats posed by thinking machines or genetic engineering are the workaday staples of mad, bad science. That’s just moving with the times, but the public’s reaction is the same: this stuff could be dangerous, and besides I don’t understand it. Ergo, I’ll bolster my self-esteem by putting you down because you do.

They point to this image, taken by hubble. Fantastic. Full article.