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.
# science
Politicians need to keep their voters happy and voters don't like to be offended. But it turns out, dishing out a little offense once in a while gives politicians a real edge.
# politics
American voters want scientists to solve their problems out of sight and out of mind. They certainly don't want them in office.
# politics
Sometimes angry calls for more civility in political and social discourse are necessary. And sometimes they're just a muzzle for partisan bloviators who can dish it out but can't take it.
# science
Good regulation is based on facts and peer-reviewed studies, not scaremongering and chemophobia.
# politics
Believe it or not, over the long term, political discourse is getting a lot less nasty on average.