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
For the EmDrive and similar schemes to work would require radically different laws of physics. But something as trivial as physical impossibility isn't deterring its advocates...
# science
Like warp drives, suspended animation, and teleportation, antimatter is a frequent staple of science fiction. But what exactly is it, and could we ever use it to do amazing things?
# podcast
In sci-fi movies, explorers arrive on alien worlds in the blink of an eye using warp drives, or cheat time with cryogenic sleep chambers. But how would interstellar travel actually work in the real world?
# science
Is time travel possible? What would happen if you did it? How would you do it? The answers to these questions are surprisingly complicated and weird.
# space
Imagine being able to sleep for months, if not years, waking up orbiting another world. But is this just wishful thinking, or can humans really learn to hibernate?
# 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.
# science
Many of us are taught that civilization started around 5,000 years ago, even though we know it’s actually much older. But just how old is it really?
# astrobiology
Former military pilots and officers often share UFO stories with the media. But what if some of those objects really are from alien words? How would we know? What would we do?
# space
If we're going to explore space, we have to prepare for long periods of isolation and boredom. Can social distancing during this pandemic teach us how to deal with them?
# podcast
Memes and jokes about raiding Area 51 are taking over the internet. But what is Area 51, why is it so secret, and what would we really find if we ever made it inside?