Science Archive

IQ scores are rising, so why does it feel like people are getting dumber?  

That’s right. IQ scores have been rising by an average of three points per decade since they were first introduced about 100 years ago. The people who administer these tests have to keep adjusting them (make them harder) so that the mean score will

Talking About (Trans)Gender Identity

According to statistics published by the Transgender Violence Tracking Portal (TVTP) in 2014, 10 % of acts of violence against homo- or transsexual people have been committed against transgender youth, with an assumingly high number of unreported cases. Acts of violence reported to the TVTP

Mass extinction breathing death in our face… if only we could still smell

To catch up anyone who didn’t know, we are in the middle of a mass extinction (with extinction rates approximately 1000x above background rates). According to an ongoing and wide-reaching population study encapsulating over 10,000 populations over 40 years: we have lost about 52%

10 Historically Awful Diseases You Didn’t Realize Could Still Kill You

We live in a modern world full of reasonably advanced medical technology and disease treatment. So, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’re more likely to be killed machines rebelling against the human race than a disease like the bubonic plague or syphilis. You might be be

14 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Love

Love is something I have occupied myself with since my early teenage years, exploring bonds and relationships both in a practical and theoretical sense. Having mostly had healthy and long-lasting relationships has allowed me to better understand what makes a relationship good, and what

Chemtrail “Activists” Finally Get A Leg To Stand On

At Exposing The Truth, we have routinely shared our debunking of mainstream chemtrail theories with self-described “chemtrail activists” in an effort to explain that geoengineering efforts are not being seriously applied anywhere. Despite this, we receive a never-ending stream of accusations for not “covering” the

Solar Powered Sea Slug Lives A Life Between Plant And Animal

A new study published in Biological Bulletin by Julie A. Schwartz, Nicholas E. Curtis, and Sidney K. Pierce found something otherwise thought impossible within the animal kingdom: genes important to photosynthesis were found on the chromosomes of an animal, the green sea slug (Elysia chlorotica). These sea

The Most Disturbing Human Experiments In The Last 100 Years

Human experiments have been around since there were scientists, although not every human experiment was actually carried out by scientists. Whereas today we have ethics commissions which decide whether or not you can do medical research on monkeys and even rats, this is a relatively

When did the organic movement become anti-gmo?

The roots of the organic movement lay in the hope of using fewer pesticides and reducing ecological impacts. When this movement decided to hide the pesticides that they use, and when it became an enemy of far more targeted techniques than the radiation (mutation

Neil de Grasse Tyson Shares The Most Important Fact Of Our Lives

You and I, much like our planet and even our sun, are made of atoms created in “molecular clouds” also know as “stellar nurseries.” These clouds  make up less than 1% of our galaxy, yet are the  most dense and most productive regions within the