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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According to the news, our planet’s core has stopped spinning and will soon reverse. What’s really happening is a lot less exciting, but still pretty neat.
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Despite what cranks, frauds, and their fans will tell you, scientists do listen to amateurs with good ideas, as two recent news stories demonstrate.
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Suburbs have long been the subject of consternation and ire from activists and urban planners, and research seems to agree with their critiques.
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According to pundits and politicians, we live in a world where talent and reward go hand in hand. But basic statistics says that’s simply not possible.
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After decades of promises, fusion research finally yielded the breakthrough we’ve all been waiting to see. Sort of. And there’s a lot of work still to do.
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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?