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.
# evolution
British pundit Dennis Sewell is back to blame all the evils of the modern world on the discovery of gradual genetic change in living organisms.
# health
Insurance companies could be forced to pay for faith healing and the Christian Science movement is ready to cash in.
# health
The media is actively enabling anti-vaccination hysteria for the sake of ratings just when we need people to get the H1N1 shot and prevent the further spread of swine flu.
# politics
Quacks and cranks are using libel laws to silence critics and skeptics into submission and keep money flowing into their pockets.
# science
Answers In Genesis' Jason Lisle finds God and proof of a 6,000 year universe in black holes and the speed of light.
# science
It's been a busy week for the web's pseudoscientists and cranks.
# science
A proper rebuttal to an example of concentrated, weapons-grade creationist nonsense from an angry reader.
# science
Evolution can explain why you stand upright and have a large brain. It won't explain why you like to watch movies or read books because it doesn't have to.
# health
Quack extraordinaire Mike Adams has crossed a line from typical snake oil salesmanship to predatory fear-mongering.
# science
A satirical piece perfectly captures how pseudoscience works and what it sounds like when applied to basic facts no one actually disputes.