What a bizarre site in Africa—a 1.7-billion-year-old, completely natural nuclear reactor—says about the future of energy production on planet Earth...Advertising... more

Genetic genealogy can catch brutal killers. It can also unmask affairs, secret adoptions, and other dark secrets. As well as... more

He coulda would shoulda been the next Einstein. Instead, Robert Oppenheimer fritted away his talents on trendy science and political... more

Leonardo da Vinci was brilliant, groundbreaking—and especially with regard to his science—wildly overrated. All because he lacked one all-important quality:... more

An update on the spring season of Disappearing Spoon (early episodes for Patreon subscribers!), plus a trailer for the new... more

The “mouse utopia” experiment showed just how quickly animal heaven can turn into animal hell—and revealed how eager human beings... more

Polar explorer Douglas Mawson made several mistakes on his harrowing journey across Antarctica. But the biggest blunder involved eating animal... more

Automobiles kill several million animals every single day. Scientists are still coming to grips with the carnage...Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy &... more

Thomas Schall was first blind member of Congress. There, he envisioned a better, smarter, more efficient world—brought about by his... more

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Korea is a place of guns and heartache and anger—and also one of the most... more

Naked mole-rats are medical marvels—impervious to cancer and immune to old age. Too bad they’re also vicious murderers...Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy... more

The Johnny Appleseed of Disney fame was complete bunk. He brought not wholesome apples to people, but liquor—and lots of... more

It fueled slavery, as well as the Nazi death machine. It kills millions of people every year through cancer and... more

Warfarin was the best rat poison in history. It’s also, now, one of the most important, life-saving—and freakishly unlikely—drugs in... more

Dr. Walter Freeman blamed himself for the death of his favorite son. But instead of reflecting or growing personally, he... more

A bonus excerpt from my book The Icepick Surgeon on the making of the Unabomber, through a cruel, unethical psychology... more

Like Leonardo and Albrecht Dürer before him, photographer Eadweard Muybridge was a legendary pioneer in both art and science. He... more

Charles Byrne was an eight-foot Irish giant ️who loved a beer or 3 with the lads. His funeral became a... more

The New York Times one credited biologist Edward Knipling with “the most original idea of the 20th century.” What was... more

What a strange little sparrow can teach us about love, sex, human biology, and a whole lot more...Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy... more