Stories from the Edge

The Manosphere Didn't Come for Us. We Let It In.

We talk about the manosphere like it's something happening to us. But here's the uncomfortable math: those men were raised by women, dated women, married women. At every stage, there were women who laughed off the red flags. Let's talk about that part.

Sex, Power & the Stories We Tell Ourselves

The Plant That “Witnessed” a Murder — And the Ones That Actually Did

Near-Death Experiences Are Being Studied in Hospital ICUs. The Results Aren't What Skeptics Expected.

The standard explanation for near-death experiences is that they are a product of the dying brain — oxygen deprivation, neurotransmitter floods, the mind's last-ditch attempt to make sense of its own shutdown. It's a clean, materialist explanation, and for decades it was enough to stop

The Researchers Who Proved Plants Scream

The plants in the greenhouse were stressed. They had been left without water for several days, or had their stems cut, or had been left alone. And they were, as it turned out, making noise about it. Not noise you can hear. The sounds registered between 20 and 100 kilohertz

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