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
Homeopath John Benneth is trying to make a name for himself as both a scientifically illiterate quack and a self-pitying conspiracy theorist.
# science
Biocentrism is the hottest new "quantum" woo that's literally all about you...
# science
There's no pseudoscience or conspiracy Mike Adams isn't willing to defend. His latest cause? Astrology.
# science
This is what happens when you're told you shouldn't read the comments but do it anyway.
# space
There's here, they're loud, and they somehow missed the last 600 years of science...
# science
Scientists and engineers don't turn into cranks overnight. It's a process that usually starts by not knowing when to cut one's losses...
# science
The magazine is allowing an angry crank with a vendetta against an editor to dictate what stories it will publish and pull.
# science
In response to a lengthy presentation debunking his claims, Christopher Monckton did the only thing he knows how to do: throw a massive tantrum.
# health
Wakefield may have lost his medical license and is no longer able to call himself a doctor, but his damage to public health has been done and will continue.
# science
Today's cranks are more publicity savvy and sophisticated then ever, which is one of the biggest reasons not to hold back when confronting their nonsense.