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
Scientists figured out how to make cold brew coffee in a matter of minutes with laser pulses.
# health
We’re using so much plastic, it’s literally in our blood right now. For our own sake, we need to find an alternative.
# science
Chemists think they figured out the process of capturing the greenhouse gas to turn it into fuel for airplanes. But the big question is whether we’d actually want to do this.
# astrobiology
A star named V883 Ori is going through a growth spurt, and as it does, it’s showing us just how abundant the building blocks of life might be throughout the universe.
# science
Rocks in Tasmania and the Grand Canyon are helping geologists piece together the history of a billion year old supercontinent and a more accurate history of our planet.
# astrobiology
The good news is that Mars had briny oceans usually perfect for life. The bad news is that the brine contained salts used in rocket fuel...
# tech
When the courts encounter computer science and chemistry, the end result isn't sophisticated regulation but utter confusion as judges and lawyers try to figure out what's legal, what's not, and what should be.
# health
Brace yourselves. The anti-vax crusade is taking its chemophobia and love for cleansing to a whole new level.
# science
No, the new study about abiogenic hydrocarbons doesn't prove that oil comes from the mantle instead of organic matter decomposing for millions of years at high pressures.
# science
A new technology to tap into individual neurons offers amazing possibilities for prosthetics and intricate implants.