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
Anti-vaxers are on a mission to bring back diseases we eliminated or kept under control by vaccination thanks to Luddism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.
# space
No, we haven't found life 25,000 light years away, just one sugar molecule that could be used by living things.
# science
When reporters already know what story they're going to write, your research becomes nothing more than bastardized fodder.
# sex
Research into teen pregnancy seems to be rife with confusing causation and correlation.
# politics
When your worldview gets popular, you're going to get followers who are in it only to jump on the bandwagon.
# politics
Of all the sins that worry the religious right, lust, in the form of pornography, seems to dominate their every other waking thought.
# science
A satirical piece perfectly captures how pseudoscience works and what it sounds like when applied to basic facts no one actually disputes.
# oddities
The wealthy, secretive UFO cult is back in the news and they're not taking it well.
# science
Chris Mooney and GQ Magazine want readers to ask "Hey, who's that nerd posing with my favorite rock star?"