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.
# astrobiology
While we're trying to get aliens' attention with active SETI, we need to keep in mind that we talk to aliens at our own risk.
# politics
Unfortunately for those of us who'd like to remain alive and not irradiated, the ghost of Mutually Assured Destruction lives on.
# science
Can we destroy the world with nukes? It depends on who you ask and what kinds of warheads and damage they include in their calculations...
# tech
Defense contractors are trying to turn the internet into an arena for state-sponsored espionage of dubious efficacy and legality.
# space
Whether we like it or not, military hardware is going to be in space. It's just a question of when and what.
# oddities
You might see a lot of headlines featuring the words "military" and "zombies" in your feeds. But don't worry, the undead aren't about to rise from the grave in pursuit of human flesh.
# tech
While Singularitarians are focused on creating a friendly AI, the first real world artificial intelligence systems are likely to be as unfriendly as possible by design...
# space
Stalin wasn't the only world leader who was thinking about using the Moon as a springboard for a massive base able to strike anywhere on Earth with devastating consequences.
# space
The Soviet Union wanted to detonate a nuclear warhead on the Moon as a show of force. But without an atmosphere and 238,900 miles away, what would that look like?
# 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.