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.
# astrobiology
A new discovery of organic molecules in Martian sediment doesn’t prove there was life on the red planet. But it does help build the case for it.
# tech
Governments are no longer just interested in controlling social media narratives with bots and premium content. They’re now reaching for new laws.
# astrobiology
An astronomer who keeps making wild claims about alien technology in our solar system now claims there are parts of an alien spaceship in the Pacific Ocean.
# space
Some of the largest galaxies in the cosmos aren’t creating new stars. Now scientists finally think they know why.
# tech
We keep seeing artificial intelligence do more and more impressive things. But the most impressive thing it can do next is to fit in our hands.
# science
Bioengineering company Colossal wants to bring back the wooly mammoth and the thylacine. But could they actually do it? And most importantly, should they?
# tech
In a quest for productivity from remote workers, companies are creating a totalitarian nightmare in which computers police employees’ every second.
# science
Police are starting to use newborns’ blood samples in criminal investigations involving their parents, alarming privacy advocates and legal scholars.
# tech
Writing, animation, and illustration, things that used to be uniquely human, are now being invaded by artificial intelligence. So, what’s next for creatives?
# health
A newly proposed technique for 3D printing human organs and fighting aging requires your embryonic clone. But just for a little bit.