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.
# space
Nuclear pasta isn’t exactly an awe-inspiring name, but it may be the strongest substance in the universe and it’s found in only in the crust of neutron stars.
# science
Another study shows that Americans still don't seem to understand how science works.
# science
While pervasive, deceptive fake news seems to be a new phenomenon for the public, the science world has been trying to battle their version of it for years.
# science
Tractor beams aren't just for aliens cruising Earth and looking for people to abduct anymore. In fact, you can build one yourself.
# science
A project to replicate studies it found problematic is running into its own replication problems and not following experimental designs.
# science
Peer review and editorial input at PLOS ONE are in trouble and scientists are very, very upset.
# politics
Congressman Lamar Smith desperately wants another Climategate and he's happy to abuse his power to manufacture one.
# science
A new study showing that your through patterns are unique enough to be seen on a brain scan is being misinterpreted as a test run of an IQ detector.
# science
A study of conspiracy theorists shows that conspiratorial ideation is actually a political, not a logical matter.
# science
Over-quantification and commodification of research is encouraging bad behavior and slowing down scientists.