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.
# tech
The House Science and Technology Committee continues to plunge deeper and deeper into denialism and inanity.
# oddities
To keep their jobs, climate change denialists erected a conspiracy theory that's buckling under its own weight.
# science
Global warming is making tornado outbreaks more unpredictable and pushing them to extremes.
# science
Another scary side-effect of global warming may be the resurrection of ancient viruses from melting permafrost.
# science
Just to play Devil's advocate, what if we let the Arctic melt a bit to get the benefits of a Northwest Passage?
# science
Massive volcanic eruptions leave their mark on the climate record we can gleam from tree rings. And some scientists have new ideas for how to best track them...
# science
An individual heat wave may not mean much. But we're not seeing the occasional heat wave, we're seeing a disturbing pattern of them.
# science
For supernovae to have a real impact on our climate, they'd have to be a lot closer and happen a lot more often.
# politics
Carbon taxes may prompt companies and people to switch to cleaner. But incentives, rather than punishments, may be a better approach.
# science
Sometimes it's hot for a couple of weeks. But sometimes, that heat wave is part of a pattern that hints at bad things to come...