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.
# health
Caloric restriction can add years to your life, but how many remains a very open question.
# tech
Researchers are really struggling to show that cell phones cause cancer despite the public's belief otherwise.
# politics
AIDS is a terrible disease afflicting tens of millions of people. So why are some experts upset that fighting its spread is getting so much attention and funding?
# evolution
Cancer has been with us since the dawn of life and may be the price life pays for multi-cellularity.
# science
Evolution in action: an obscure mutation may render some humans immune to AIDS.
# politics
We need to lift the ban on embryonic stem cell research if we want to help millions of people who suffer from complex degenerative diseases.