police This popular police "mindreading" technique is bullshit — but the things that cops say about it are somehow even worse. Thom Dunn
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
carbon emissions New research shows plants absorb 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought Ellsworth Toohey
paleontology Meet Yana, the well-preserved 50,000-year-old baby mammoth, just unveiled in Russia Allan Rose Hill
environmental contaminants Teflon: Miracle invention or slow-acting poison? Why not both! Mark Frauenfelder