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.
# politics
The media and boomers are obsessed with millennial and college phenomena that are barely a blip on the radar in the grand scheme of things.
# education
If taxpayers are going to pay for college, we'll have to make sure that a college education actually yields gainful employment.
# education
Companies need colleges to educate their next generation of workers. Yet they're refusing to work with them, or even train their employees for that matter.
# education
We're ignoring the fact that the professors who teach future generations are in deep financial holes and can't seem to get out.
# education
Despite the fears of humanities scholars, plenty of students are choosing artistic majors over STEM ones. And they're in for a rough time after they get their diplomas.
# education
If you're going to attend a foreign college, make sure you know what you're getting into and pick your host country wisely.
# education
In light of eye-opening reports about higher ed, Americans need to start asking themselves a fundamental question: how many people really need to go to college?
# education
The ivory tower phenomenon is real, and it's brutal on scientists and their research.
# education
Politicians seem to be really upset with people learning things from which they might not get immediate, quantifiable benefit. And that's the worst possible attitude about education.
# science
Is becoming a scientist really worth it today? Surprisingly, a lot of PhDs are recommending against it.