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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Controversial new research offers us a chance to create tools to fight pandemics before they start. But can it really live up to its hype? And is it safe?
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Bioengineering company Colossal wants to bring back the wooly mammoth and the thylacine. But could they actually do it? And most importantly, should they?
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Police are starting to use newborns’ blood samples in criminal investigations involving their parents, alarming privacy advocates and legal scholars.
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Scientists figured out how to make cold brew coffee in a matter of minutes with laser pulses.
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Yet another study promising to help us find a planet beyond the orbit of Pluto fails. So, where exactly is Planet Nine? And why haven’t we found it?
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When people go out of their way to avoid backlash, it taxes the mind. Now, researchers want to know how to make inclusivity easier on the brain.
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Don’t ignore the media attention to worldwide heatwaves. They’re a warning sign of why we can’t handle climate change.
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New studies can answer why support for authoritarianism is on the rise and more and people are becoming disillusioned with democracy.
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Humanity won’t collapse from climate change thanks to the steps we’ve already taken. But we will still be in serious trouble if we don’t do more.
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A new energy startup wants to use lasers to make geothermal energy more accessible across the world. We should be rooting for their success.