What Does the Effect of a Bullet Fired From an AR-15 Look Like?
15 June 2018 Photographs shared widely on social media offer an incomplete explanation of the kinds of damage done by gunshots.
Tagged "science"
Are Teenagers Using Adhesives to Avoid Resorting to Condoms?
12 June 2018 A Hong Kong company garnered global headlines with its "Jiftip" product, but it's not clear who's actually buying it.
Can This Stone Dissolve Iron?
10 April 2018 A viral video claims to document a mysterious and unexplained phenomenon, but in reality it shows a neat science experiment.
Did Stephen Hawking Become a Christian After a Blessing From Pope Francis?
19 March 2018 A disreputable Facebook page engages in a time-honored ritual — the phony deathbed conversion of a prominent unbeliever.
Idaho Teacher Investigated for Alleged Animal Mistreatment During Class
13 March 2018 A junior high instructor was accused of feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle in front of students.
Did Immigrants Dominate the U.S. Nobel Prize Tally in 2016 and 2017?
31 January 2018 Foreign-born, U.S.-based scientists and economists won a remarkable number of Nobel prizes in the last two years, but they didn't get them all.
Ten Things Science Did Not Say in 2017
30 December 2017 Science denialism, clickbait headlines, and absurd pseudoscience: Our favorite science debunkings from 2017.
The Remarkable Sabrina Pasterski
27 December 2017 A viral meme about a Harvard University graduate student gets most (but not all) of the facts right.
How Unprecedented Is President Trump’s Politicization of Science?
15 November 2017 Political interference in science is nothing new, but experts agree that what is happening to scientific integrity under Trump is unusual.
White House Releases Report Contradicting Its Own Position on Climate Change
3 November 2017 There is no "convincing alternative explanation" for recent warming besides human activity, a congressionally mandated study reports.
Scientists Spot Rare, Endangered Whales in the Bering Sea
11 August 2017 One of the North Pacific right whales had not been seen in a decade.
Physicists Discover a New Subatomic Particle Called “Xi cc”
6 July 2017 Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have found the long-theorized particle, which is a type of baryon.
Most Popular View all
Is This 450-Pound Dog Real?
1 April 2019 And who is walking whom in this relationship?
Does a Photograph of a Large Crowd Show a PA Trump Rally?
23 May 2019 Fifty years and a whole lot of cultural differences separate these two events.
Did Disney Acquire Pornhub?
21 May 2019 Some QAnon conspiracy theorists were apparently taken by a bit of satire.
Did President Trump ‘Go Ballistic’ on ‘Fox and Friends’?
21 May 2019 "The Trump quote going around today is a poorly done Photoshop."
Did All Democrats Vote Against a 2.8 Percent Social Security COLA Increase?
18 October 2018 Social Security cost of living allowances are established by formula and don't require Congressional approval.