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.
# politics
A far right militia butting into wildfire cleanup efforts is a dark sign of things to come if we don’t fight the climate crisis.
# science
Don’t ignore the media attention to worldwide heatwaves. They’re a warning sign of why we can’t handle climate change.
# space
Researchers from MIT want to deploy a raft of space bubbles to block sunlight and fight global warming. It probably won’t work.
# science
Humanity won’t collapse from climate change thanks to the steps we’ve already taken. But we will still be in serious trouble if we don’t do more.
# science
A new energy startup wants to use lasers to make geothermal energy more accessible across the world. We should be rooting for their success.
# science
Denialists are now imagining cabals of ecoterrorists burning down entire ecosystems so they don't have to admit that scientists were right about the symptoms of climate change.
# tech
The Cybertruck looks like an aggressively angular prop from a sci-fi movie. But it can also change our minds about how to build and power utility vehicles for the better.
# science
Sand and water might be everywhere, but the grim reality is that the sand we can use, and water needed for watering our crops and modern civilization are both being threatened.
# tech
Politicians aren't in a hurry to lower emissions even as the world's temperature rises. Can we buy more time to fix the environment with a giant orbiting sunshade?
# podcast
Are hurricanes and major storms getting more dangerous thanks to global warming or is that just what the news and pop culture tell us? The answer is a bit more complicated than you might think…