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
Denialists are now imagining cabals of ecoterrorists burning down entire ecosystems so they don't have to admit that scientists were right about the symptoms of climate change.
# tech
Code storage and sharing platform GitHub wants to archive open source software for up to 10,000 years. But is that a good idea, and could we use its momentum to rethink how and why we code?
# space
When some stars die, they take their entire systems with them. Others appear to give their planets a fighting chance.
# space
A new study sees evidence of more than a dozen galaxies that seem to lack dark matter and raises big questions about our ideas of galaxy formation.
# science
It turns out that clothes have an amazing effect on how we're perceived by others, even at first glance.
# space
Why do popular science news keep offering new theories about the basic shape of our universe every week?
# oddities
For some people, science is not enough but religion is too implausible to explain our origins, so instead of making their peace with one, they turn to a curious mix of both.
# science
We might know that dark matter is everywhere, but we know very little about it. So, what do we understand about this mysterious but critical component of the universe?
# politics
The good news is that foreign disinformation trolls aren't changing people's minds. The bad news is that, as it turns out, they don't have to…
# podcast
If we want more kids to pursue careers in STEM, they need to study math. But what type of math they study matters.