The Space Dentist Papers – Did the Six-Week Experiment Ever Happen?
A 2011 paper claimed to study ten men in simulated microgravity for six weeks, but its data was identical to an earlier, shorter study. This investigation follows the evidence trail through phantom laboratories, false affiliations, and a scientific record left uncorrected.
The Occupancy Paradox – An Audit of UK Asylum Hotel ‘Exits’ vs Invoices
Ministers announced thousands moved out of hotels in early 2025. The record for 1 January to 30 June shows hotel headcount barely shifted while bills stayed high under capacity deals. We test the figures against contracts, invoices and dates.
The Flannan Isles – A Rogue Wave, a Bad Poem, and a Century of Fiction
Everyone knows the story of the Flannan Isles keepers who vanished leaving an untouched meal. The official 1900 report tells a different story: one of a clean kitchen, a catastrophic wave, and a century of myth-making.
The Abbess’s Code – Testing Hildegard’s ‘lingua ignota’
Hildegard of Bingen left a 1,011-word ‘unknown language’ and a distinct alphabet. We test what survives: glossary, hymn and letterforms. Does it scale beyond a naming list, and what do the numbers say?
Cardan Grille Anachronism – Can a Sixteenth-Century Mask Fit the Voynich?
Does the Voynich Manuscript hide text written through a Cardan grille? We test the dates, the device’s history, and the text’s behaviour to see if a sixteenth-century mask could plausibly fit a fifteenth-century book.
The Voynich’s Two Voices – A Field Guide to A and B
Statistical fingerprints in the Voynich Manuscript split the text into two dialect families, Currier A and Currier B. We map where each sits in the book, which hands wrote them, and what that distribution implies.
When the System Breaks – The Yuba County Five Investigation
In 1978, five men vanished in rural California. A stalled search, split jurisdictions, and a missed tip meant one may have lived for weeks. This is how the system failed to hold the case together.
The Orphan Object – The Gold Waltham Watch of the Yuba County Five
On 4 June 1978, a gold Waltham watch was found beside Ted Weiher. Families said it was not theirs. No serial, no forensics, no chain of custody. Our inquiry shows how omissions turned a possible lead into an inert symbol.
The Compromised Witness – Re-evaluating the Yuba County Five
A single, shifting account steered the Yuba County Five narrative. This piece tests that testimony against the physical record, explains the official handling errors, and sets out what documents and tests are still needed.
The Yuba County Five – A Case Reclassified
For forty years, the disappearance of the Yuba County Five was a tragic accident. But a recently released official memo reclassifies the case as a homicide, revealing authorities now believe the men were victims of foul play.
The Antikythera Paradigm – The Ghost of a Lost World
Found in a Roman-era shipwreck, the Antikythera Mechanism is a machine that shouldn't exist. It contains gearing technology that wouldn't be seen again for 1,400 years. We investigate the lost world that built it.
The Fermi Paradox – How a Misunderstanding Killed the Search for Aliens
The Fermi Paradox rests on a faulty premise. Our investigation shows how a lunchtime chat was twisted into a 'paradox' that twice shut down NASA's search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It is not a story about a silent universe, it's a story about a failure of logic.