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.
# health
Alt med cranks have been scaring millions about the supposed harm of artificial sweeteners. A systematic review of 13,000 studies shows they’re either lying or ignorant.
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A gay-conversion practice is being taken to court for fraud, catching its lawyers and PR consultants off guard as their stock talking points fail to connect.
# science
Placebos are all in the mind, but that doesn't mean they're not extremely powerful.
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The two rules of alt med business. One, there's no regulation strict enough for Big Pharma. Two, any regulation, no matter how token, is too onerous for snake oil manufacturers.
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According to Mike Adams, homeopathy is superior to actual medicine because it actually doesn't seem to do anything.
# science
Homeopath John Benneth is trying to make a name for himself as both a scientifically illiterate quack and a self-pitying conspiracy theorist.
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The holidays are a time for family, which often means arguments with woo-loving relatives...
# health
Consider this a PSA for aspiring biohackers: gene therapy does not work if you literally drink the genes.
# health
Over the last 16 years, DSHEA has been a massive giveaway to alt med and snake oil peddlers, doing far more harm than good.