No, 'Oumuamua Is Probably Not an Alien Spaceship
On October 19, 2017, a strange object from outside the Solar System whizzed by the Earth, exciting scientists and…
Don't Be Fooled by the 'Forced a Bot' Meme
By now, you’ve probably seen the satirical posts where someone claims to have “forced a bot” to watch thousands of…
No, Supernovae Aren't Changing Earth's Climate
Weather is probably harder to understand than particle physics, given the numerous complexities that influence Earth’s…
An Asteroid Will Pass Near Earth Next Month But No, You Don't Have to Worry
Every day it seems another natural disaster could bring about the apocalypse. Volcanoes. Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Someti…
British Water Companies Are Searching for Leaks With Divining Rods and I'm So Angry I Could Cry
Imagine if someone came to your house to fix your pipes, then stumbled around your yard blindly with a pair of sticks.…
Antioxidants Will Not Stop You From Dying
When you hear something is chock-full of antioxidants, the mental conclusion is often: That’s it—that’s the elixir of…
Head Transplant Doctor Claims First Successful Human Head Transplant...on a Corpse
One nice thing about teddy bears is that if your dog tears the head off of your child’s favorite one, you can just sew…
Let's All Calm Down and Make Sense of That Antarctic Mantle Plume
Three decades ago, scientists began to study the possibility that there was a plume of hot rock coming up from the…
Experts Cast Doubt On Viking Textile With ‘Allah’ Inscription
Researchers from Sweden made headlines last week after claiming to have found the Arabic characters for “Allah” and…
Bulletproof Coffee Announces Bottled Bullshit Launch at Whole Foods
If you agitate cream enough, you will make whipped cream. Continue agitating it and skim off the liquid, and you will…
Hey, Let's Actually Read That Study About Vitamin B Preventing Birth Defects
It would be really nice if something you could just go to CVS and buy off a shelf unequivocally had some massive health…
These Dietary Supplements Actually Sort of Do Something
Dietary supplements don’t need to do anything, by definition. Tons of them don’t. That might sound strange, since half…
Overhyped 'Miracle' Metal Hydrogen Miraculously ‘Disappears'
Lots of people went wild last month at the news that scientists had suddenly discovered some sort of physics holy…
More Evidence That Fish Oil Supplements Might Be Useless
You most certainly know someone taking fish oil pills—those fishy, translucent gold capsules—for their purported heart…
You Aren't Living in a Hologram, Even if You Wish You Were
You may have read today that the entire universe is a giant hologram. Maybe your mind was blown while you hit your Big…
7 'Get Fit' Tips to Avoid This Year
I know that you want to get healthy this year, because it’s the most popular New Year’s resolution. Plenty of people…
So About That Woman Who Got Pregnant Twice in Ten Days
Earlier this week, news made the rounds that an Australian woman gave birth to twins conceived ten days apart, in an…
New Study Could Be the Death Knell of Brain-Training Games
Brain-training programs like the ones offered by Luminosity and LearningRx claim to boost intelligence and even offset…