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.
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Being a bad person isn’t just a matter of popular opinion. It turns out that science can quantify if and when someone is being terrible.
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Millennials are suffering from what’s been called “the sex recession,” and a number of researchers and pundits have been blaming technology. They might not be completely off base for a change...
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We're trapped in one of the fastest transitional moments in history and we're feeling the pain as tens of millions are failing to adapt.
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The problem with wealth inequality isn't that it exists, it's how easily the 1% are running up the score and how angry they are that they're not being uniformly worshipped.
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Tech skeptic Evgeny Morozov doesn't seem to think smartphone app users have any agency or free will.
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Living under constant surveillance does have some benefits like deterring crime and catching frauds and cheats, argues Charles Kenny.
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Technology may be playing a big role in killing courtship as our parents and grandparents knew it. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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Guns don't keep countries free, voters do if there are any, according to a study of virtually every country on Earth.
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We evolved to be social animals that live in close-knit communities. But sharing minds via brain implants with our fellow humans may be far too much for us right now.
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Religious fundamentalists are deeply offended that people no longer fear them and feel free to criticize their worst habits.