Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# science
Culture, not genetics, plays the key role in how much you gossip or how willing you are to talk about your problems.
# science
According to a Muslim creationist, Allah is less of a deity and more of a programmer with a mad scientist streak.
# evolution
Science writer Nicholas Wade makes the bold claim that belief in the supernatural is genetic but his reasoning and examples fail to live up to the hype.
# science
University of Akron wants its employees' DNA sample for a GATTACA-style future, opening a Pandora's box of legal and ethical concerns.
# politics
Sometimes believers don't proselytize because they're sure they have the truth. It's because they need affirmation of their beliefs.
# evolution
Natural selection is starting to kick in to save the Y chromosome from itself.
# science
The good news is that we found a way to drastically extend life. The bad news is that it only applies to some of the simplest worms on the planet.
# science
Well, the good news is that there might not be an aging gene. The bad news is that there might not be an aging genes.
# sex
Crusaders against gay marriage are going to need better arguments than they use today.
# science
We've tried eugenics in real life. It was an absolute failure.