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Science Microbes and health: The debate continues Maggie Koerth

Science Amateur scientists vs. cranks Maggie Koerth
computers The mysterious "small house" in an old IBM character set Rob Beschizza
junk science Predatory journals even worse since "Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List" was accepted for publication Jennifer Sandlin
Fentanyl deaths fell sharply in 2024. What went right? Rob Beschizza
AI Send the conspiracy theorists in your life to the Debunk Bot Jennifer Sandlin
Technology Roku update turns on hated motion-smoothing feature, with no off switch Rob Beschizza
music A statistical analysis of why people hate post-grunge band Nickelback Rob Beschizza
optical illusions There is no red in this photo of a Coke can Mark Frauenfelder
research Manosphere grifters misuse evolutionary psychology to promote anti-feminist views Jennifer Sandlin
halloween New research reveals why people are afraid of clowns Jennifer Sandlin
Weird A.I. reveals the astonishing number of mysterious fairy circles around the globe David Pescovitz
Science "Unusually dense" exoplanet the size of Neptune observed Rob Beschizza
AI Argue with a machine: Debate Devil pits your wits against AI Matt Muir
maps Redlining maps show racism and white supremacy "in 1930s technicolor" Elías Villoro
lawsuits Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sues rivals who accused him of cheating, including world champion Magnus Carlsen Rob Beschizza
COVID-19 Anti-vaxxers now stupidly gargling iodine and using it as eye drops to "fight off" COVID-19 David Pescovitz
Science A scientist explains why it's so hard for scientists to investigate UFOs David Pescovitz
archaeology Archaeologists unearth 2000-year-old marble head of Augustus Caesar Jess Sabine
History Cahokia: The massive North American city that pre-dated Columbus Thom Dunn