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.
# podcast
Impress your friends and family with some surprising facts about space and the weird stuff floating in it to start 2022.
# health
Joe Rogan and other prominent anti-science mouthpieces are now trying to pull off an old conspiracy theory Jedi mind trick when discussing the pandemic.
# space
A group of scientists want Pluto to be considered a planet again, even if hundreds of other objects earn the same rank.
# space
What happens when your crops fail and you’re 60 trillion miles from Earth? Some experts are raising grim alternatives to tabloids’ delight.
# education
Debunking scams and disinformation has become exponentially harder. We need to dig deep into why people believe what they do, and how social media exploits their fear and anger.
# science
Websites were abuzz about quantum entangled tardigrades, making readers wonder what exactly does that mean and why you would do it.
# podcast
Despite constant criticism, we’re still sending humans into orbit. And there are some very good reasons to not only keep doing it but to expand space travel as much as we can.
# science
Yes, it seemed like the world was still falling apart in 2021, but there is still some very good news.
# podcast
The COVID 20 is the new Freshman 15, and snake oil salespeople are out in full force to cash in as people try to shed some weight and get active again.
# science
No, we didn’t create a microscopic warp bubble. But we may be getting closer and closer to actually doing it.