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
Pizzagaters and Flat Earthers were bound to share adherents by the rules of crank magnetism. That doesn't mean they're happy about it.
# oddities
Skeptical blogger Marlon Solomon lays out a persuasive case that we missed a toxic neo-Nazi ideology hiding under Icke's veneer of immortal alien reptilians.
# oddities
Buckle up for a classic DARPA mass brainwashing/mind control conspiracy with an identity theft twist...
# science
A study of conspiracy theorists shows that conspiratorial ideation is actually a political, not a logical matter.
# health
Anti-vaccine activists funded the most complete and thorough study of vaccine safety done to their exact specifications. Now they're livid because it found nothing even remotely concerning.
# oddities
Alex Jones and his fan club are apparently convinced that the drought in California is a sinister New World Order experiment.
# oddities
Hersh's wild tale of bin Laden's death somehow manages to make virtually every detail utterly implausible with the slightest research into it.
# oddities
The idea that Jade Helm is a dress rehearsal for a military takeover of America is just a rehash of conspiracy radio's greatest hits. So why are so many pundits trying to justify conspiracy theorists' fears?
# oddities
Have you ever felt there was something off about mornings? That something about early hours and industries catering to its victims didn't quite add up? So did I...
# astrobiology
Even before her presidential campaign begins in earnest, Hillary Clinton appears to have the ufologist vote locked up...