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.
# oddities
Scientology presents itself as a religion of the future, but its former members tell the story of an abusive, criminal cult obsessed with money, power, and blackmailing its followers.
# science
Michio Kaku is an expert in theoretical physics. This is why it's not surprising that he's reciting for sci-fi cliches about evolution instead of the actual science.
# tech
Time gives the Singularity and its prophet the kid glove treatment, glossing over the scientific and technical issues with a wave of starry eyed credulity.
# space
Astrologers are demanding their pseudoscience be treated with all due respect. The problem for them is that no respect whatsoever is due to their woo.
# tech
On the surface, a basic AI handily beat humans in a classification task. But if you look at the details, its victory wasn't exactly a clean one.
# science
The Framer-in-Chief is failing upwards to speak for America's geoscientists. It should be a wake up call for scientists to speak for themselves instead.
# 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.
# space
Despite what the media might have told you, we don't actually know if a rocky planet slammed into Jupiter or not.
# astrobiology
Scientists are curious about some strange atmospheric signatures on Titan that could signal exotic life. But it's not quite a slam dunk for alien hunters.
# science
Michael Fitzpatrick's bold new idea for combatting denialism and attacks on scientific fact: pretend denialists always argue in good faith and don't call them out on their denialism.