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Dark Matter Doesn't Exist (and That's the Problem)

Dark Matter Doesn't Exist (and That's the Problem)

For decades, physicists have been searching underground for a particle that should be everywhere. They have found nothing. Some are now asking whether the problem is the particle — or the theory that requires one.

What If the Placebo Effect Is the Point?

What If the Placebo Effect Is the Point?

Belief alone produces measurable, neurobiologically real healing responses. The pharmaceutical industry has spent decades treating this as a problem to control for. Maybe it's the most important thing they've found.

The Emperor Has No Clothes. We Just Stopped Caring.

The Emperor Has No Clothes. We Just Stopped Caring.

Scorched landscape under a blood-orange sky, lone tree silhouette in the distance

The World Will End in Fire

Frost gave fire and ice equal odds. The wine region of Bordeaux is on fire. A fire cloud is generating its own thunderstorms over France. 300,000 people evacuated. The debate is over. Frost was right.

Customer service headset on a desk beside a keyboard, screen glowing with an email draft

Porkbun.com - When Customer Support Turns Patronizing — and Punishes You for Speaking Up

Empty suburban living room, furniture half-packed in boxes, afternoon light through bare windows

The Middle Class Didn't Fall. It Was Pushed.

Editorial illustration for: How to Tell a Healer From a Cult Leader. They Often Use the Same First Three Sentences.

How to Tell a Healer From a Cult Leader. They Often Use the Same First Three Sentences.