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
Buckle up steampunk enthusiasts, it turns out that not only are steam-powered space probes possible, they might be perfect for hopping between comets and asteroids on research and mining missions.
# sci-fi saturday
Each installment of Sci-Fi Saturday and attempt at introducing science fiction at Weird Things was given a very positive reception, so the experiment is expanding. Here’s how and why.
# tech
Kissinger’s concerns about machines displacing human curiosity and turning our brains into useless, gray jelly unsuccessfully mine the same territory as many other technophobes with roughly the same results.
# sci-fi saturday
Another short sci-fi story for your weekend distraction.
# astrobiology
A new proposal posits that some of the fast radio bursts we've been routinely detecting may be coming from aliens, though not on purpose...
# tech
George Dvorsky decided to try some myth-busting about the future of AI and the nature of the technology. The end result needs a lot of myth-busting of its own...
# space
Could the far future see a market for selling entire planets not too dissimilar from today's real estate market?
# politics
It's possible that astronauts living on Mars would eventually form their own sovereign government. And one astrobiologist really wants to speed up this process.
# tech
An AI far smarter than any human may want to have no contact with us. Unfortunately, it won't have a choice in the matter.
# space
Pluto may be a dwarf planet whose official status is in flux. But that doesn't mean it's not a very special place...