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
The best way to understand the fabric of space and time might just involve a fifth state of matter and falling for a really long time...
# tech
Outrage has become the web's most lucrative and eye-catching product, and quite a few news sites have now streamlined its distribution for those sweet, sweet clicks.
# science
The most thorough study of quantum entanglement to date shows that "spooky action" is really happening.
# science
OPERA experiment's lead investigator resigned after a scathing rebuke from his fellow scientists over the neutrino detection incident. He should've been allowed to stay.
# science
Despite dangling a million dollar prize, with updated bank statements that it's legit, for a demonstration of a supernatural ability, James Randi has very few takers.
# science
Nuclear weapons are the most terrifying devices humanity ever invented. And back in the day, the military explored using psychics to figure out where to aim them.
# science
Scientists studying potentially dangerous chemicals and candidates for life-saving treatments on animals are under attack. Literally.
# tech
MIT's experiment in capturing how the web views you shows the limitations of parsing through massive, unstructured, loosely related data sets.
# astrobiology
Simulations are great starting points. But there are only so many conclusions we can draw from them.