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
Humor can be the beast way to show the shortfalls of a pseudoscientific idea as shown by XKCD and Scenes From A Multiverse.
# tech
Tron's human/computer gateway certainly seems cool, but it's going to be pretty much impossible to build, ever.
# space
You've probably never seen a meteor quite like this...
# tech
While the Singularity Institute is celebrating their vision on a mainstream sitcom, it's actually become a punchline...
# science
Step one: paint all scientists as completely un-relatable weirdos. Step two: wonder why so few kids want to grow up to be scientists.
# politics
UK musicians Pig With The Face Of A Boy put together a fantastic nod to Russian history.
# oddities
Just because you've been condemned to hell doesn't mean it has to be torture. All you need to do is know how to prepare for your particular damnation.
# oddities
Here's a brief animated summary of the Cthulhu Mythos for those of you who from some bizarre reason haven't read it yet.
# oddities
A closer, more scientific-ish look at the dreaded primordial graboid...
# science
Here's to hoping that the Discovery Channel does right by Phil Plait's show...