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 group of communicators have a new idea for dealing with religious zealots on a warpath against science education: shirk from the challenge.
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Scientists around the world are competing to answer the question of how heavy an atom can be before physics steps in.
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Remember, you debate about quantum physics at your own risk.
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All too often people confuse a debate out of pity or common courtesy for equal standing. And all too often, cranks are happy to take advantage of that perception.
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The good news is that we found a way to drastically extend life. The bad news is that it only applies to some of the simplest worms on the planet.
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There's a fine line between skepticism and cynicism. Are some skeptics forgetting to tell the difference?
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Mathematician with an interest in general relativity, Burkhard Heim, had an idea for a war drive powered not by nuclear fusion or the decay of exotic matter, but by magnets.
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ABC's Tandem follows the age old tradition of cramming enough technobabble into the plot of a space themed disaster show and hope the audience doesn't ask questions.
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How people use the word "theory" when it comes to science shows how badly we teach them about the scientific method.
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Black holes are often described as tears in space and time. But that's not what they really are. What they really are is so much stranger...