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.
# space
A new simulation says that black holes are eating neutron stars and lighting up our telescopes with mysterious bursts of energy.
# politics
A far right militia butting into wildfire cleanup efforts is a dark sign of things to come if we don’t fight the climate crisis.
# health
Many humans can drink milk long after they start eating solid food. But science is still not sure if they should.
# science
When people go out of their way to avoid backlash, it taxes the mind. Now, researchers want to know how to make inclusivity easier on the brain.
# politics
Today the world seems like it’s suddenly unraveling. But experts have been warning us this day would come for many decades.
# tech
Don’t worry about the AI, worry about the humans training it, say researchers who found out how easy it is to turn machines evil.
# space
Facebook is still horrible. But for the time being, it’s indispensable for getting the word for just about anything out.
# science
Don’t ignore the media attention to worldwide heatwaves. They’re a warning sign of why we can’t handle climate change.
# oddities
Proving that we can’t just have nice things in the age of social media, the conspiracy theory industry jumped on the first images from JWST.
# space
Researchers from MIT want to deploy a raft of space bubbles to block sunlight and fight global warming. It probably won’t work.