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
Does Russia really house a former Soviet doomsday weapon designed to wipe out ever major city in the West should Moscow be obliterated?
# politics
According to some environmentalists, the worst part of war is the carbon footprint.
# tech
In the early 20th century, monowheels and spheres were all the rage. So, of course, someone tried to turn them into weapons of war...
# space
The only questions about whether there will be a war in space are when and what weapons will be used.
# oddities
Everyone wants to know what made the Knights Templar wealthy and powerful, but a lot of popular theories miss obvious explanations.
# oddities
What if all those flying saucers weren't alien explorers, but a secret military program originally started by the Nazis?
# oddities
A new book tries to give readers a peek into the shadowy world of top secret military programs by exploring the patches its members wear.
# astrobiology
Despite what the movie told you, we wouldn't be all that defenseless from an alien invasion.
# tech
Do we really have, or even need, a hypersonic combination of a bomber and spy plane?