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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Theoretical warp drives keep finding more ways to kill their users and everything around them. This time, with artificial black holes.
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A quick and dirty Q&A session about how this blog works behind the scenes based on readers' most common questions.
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Chris Mooney and GQ Magazine want readers to ask "Hey, who's that nerd posing with my favorite rock star?"
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Got an idea the scientific community isn't listening to? Forget more research and peer review! Go to the people with a conspiracy theory!
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Sometimes the legal system won't teach you a lesson. Physics might step in long before they do.
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Warp drives might not just be the fastest way to explore the universe. They might also be weapons of mass destruction on a stellar scale.
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Whataboutism between science and religion in the media means only one thing: the writers simply don't understand science.
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Quantum physics are weird, but they're probably not fill-the-universe-with-galaxy-group-sized-subatomic-particles weird...
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Don't panic, but despite a thick atmosphere with a large magnetic field, the Earth is losing a lot more gasses to the solar wind than we think it should...
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While you probably shouldn't over-indulge in sugary beverages anyway, going overboard on soda might be especially bad for you...