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.
# oddities
According to an empirical study of the subject, if you're trying to avoid the mind control rays of sinister government agencies, a tinfoil hat is the worst choice you could make.
# podcast
You might think that a cleaner world with renewable energy and smart urban planning would make our lives better. But that’s exactly what those evil Illuminati want you to think...
# oddities
Thanks to modern technology and streaming platforms, conspiracy theories are big business, meaning that you’re quite literally paying to have people mess with your mind.
# podcast
Nearly 6 in 10 otherwise perfectly normal Americans believe in some sort of conspiracy theory. We look at both current events and science to figure out why.
# oddities
Flat earthers don't just reject the idea that our world is round, they reject virtually all modern science, technology, and ideas.
# oddities
Turns out conspiracy cruises are less lectures on reptilians and men in black, and more scam informercials for illegal and harebrained financial schemes of sovereign citizens...
# space
Newsweek covers a conspiracy theory that seemed created solely for the sake of creating a conspiracy.
# oddities
You can try to convince fervent conspiracy theorists that they're wrong, or you could do something more productive, like talking to a brick wall.
# tech
A self-described Anonymous hacker general describes a world right out of a spy movie playing only in his own head.
# oddities
Just because we can track people in real time for whatever reason we want, doesn't mean we should, or let those who overstep sane bounds off the hook.