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 satirical piece perfectly captures how pseudoscience works and what it sounds like when applied to basic facts no one actually disputes.
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According to some researchers, "hey baby, that's a nice... uh... belly button you got there?" is the hot new pickup line we should be considering.
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Game theory assumes that all humans are hyper-rational actors at all times. And that's exactly what undermines its use in the real world...
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Evidence doesn't go away just because you choose to ignore it.
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Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum blame scientists for public scientific illiteracy. The case study serving as exhibit one? Pluto's demotion from planethood.
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Bigfoot sightings meet climate change for some serious research into the habitats of wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.
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Even one young Earth creationist making decisions about how we use the planet's resources is already too many young Earth creationists with such power.
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The heavier your atoms are, they faster they decay. But why? There's a reason why the more protons you add to a nucleus, the harder it is to keep the atom together.
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Humans are reaching the limits of biological evolution according to the opinion of pop sci enthusiasts playing with some bizarre technobabble and numerology.
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What do we mean by breaking the laws of physics? And what happens if we do?