Byrd Pinkerton
Host and Senior Correspondent, Unexplainable Podcast
Latest articles by Byrd Pinkerton

A trove of fossils in the Atacama Desert may hold lessons about the plight of modern whales.


A biologist critiques one of the highest honors in science and proposes a new way to reward humanity’s biggest discoveries.


Imagine the Real Housewives, if the housewives were driving at 300 kilometers an hour.


She built a bulletproof case for exploring the concept.

The results of a new muon experiment are stirring up particle physics.

Scientists are probing its depths. So are commercial fisheries.

Close encounters with mysterious, hovering balls of lightning, illustrated.


A scientist explains the ethical and methodological pitfalls to avoid.

Sometimes there’s success in failure.


It’s the latest step in one of the longest-running efforts to save an endangered species.