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
Revisiting the "if you believe in science, you're doing it wrong" debate with an epistemological bent.
# education
The military is running out of nerds and worries it doesn't have enough to develop and control its future high tech weapons. But the government isn't about to incentivize STEM students with anything other than PR...
# education
Texas is hell bent to use toxic partisanship instead of expert-vetted facts guide its education system, in denial that its students will suffer as a result.
# science
Sometimes we need to let entertainment stay entertainment instead of bending over backwards trying to turn it into an educational tool.
# sex
Helicopter parents seem to believe that if kids can't learn about sex, they won't experiment with it. Statistically, they're risking their kids' long term health for their own peace of mind.
# politics
The Rhodes Trust is concerned that the financial industry is effectively bribing top notch talent away from politics, science, and technology, and parasitizing our future in the process.
# evolution
A new study confirms what science advocates have long suspected. Creationism in the classroom undermines the quality of student's education.
# education
Texas' new potential chair of the Board of Education will make you long for the good old days of anti-evolution dentist Don McLeroy.
# education
Texas is on a rampage against factual science education. Unfortunately, the state influences the contents of science textbooks across the nation...
# science
Gravity can be tricky when you don't seem to understand how it works...