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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A study of brain cancer patients in Italy shows the neural epicenters of spiritual experiences and religious belief.
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An analysis of King Tutankhamun's DNA confirms he's the son of Akhenaten and brings the short, unpleasant history of his reign into focus.
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The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider may have reached temperatures at which matter itself begins to melt, and found a peek at new insights into the future of computing.
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After several years of sustained pushback, you'd think that creationists would find a new strategy. But they're nothing if not consistent and deaf to criticism...
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DARPA's new moonshot experiment sounds like a recipe for invincible monsters straight out of a B horror movie.
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After failing to fix science education, Chris Mooney is taking his failed approach to the vaccine manufactroversy.
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Thankfully for us, the future Repo Men imagines is very unlikely to happen, which makes it difficult to take its parable seriously.
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Not only can we continue scientific research and space exploration before we solve all the world's problems, we can't afford not to...
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Sometimes we need to let entertainment stay entertainment instead of bending over backwards trying to turn it into an educational tool.
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Avatar is an accidental tale of Singularitarian transhumanism with an environmentalist twist.