Washburn CHAOS Lab

04/22/2026

Let’s talk Warhammer 40K, specifically how Space Marine immunity could work, scientifically speaking.

Here’s your 3-minute speed run of how the Emperor’s will could translate into real immunological processes.

I’m an immunologist, so this is my lane, and if you want a deeper dive on any part of this, let me know because I will absolutely spiral.

If enough of you enable me, this might turn into my first long-form video. Or if there’s something else you want science’d into existence, drop it in the comments.

04/21/2026

04/18/2026

Happy Bat Appreciation Day! Today’s Feral Science 101: Bat etiquette.

We go into caves. Bats live there. This is their house, we’re just the weird flashlight goblins.

So what does CHAOS Lab do?
We mind our business. We don’t touch them, we don’t bother them, and we work around them.

Respect the bats. Study everything else.

04/16/2026

Can you lick the weird crusty stuff on the side of some hiking trails?

That's a type of biocrust, and we advise against it. Not only is biocrust a multi-microbial community, but also plays an important ecological role and protects against erosion.

04/15/2026

How could science explain the flux capacitor in Back to the Future?

Apparently all it takes is 1.21 gigawatts and enough confidence to rewrite causality in real time. We treated it like real data and now physics has questions.

04/15/2026

Is this rock interesting?

This time we’re out here at Natural Bridge. This isn’t just a rock, it’s an entire landscape doing the absolute most for no reason other than time, pressure, and chaos.

04/11/2026

Come with me as we dig into Kentucky’s geological secrets.
Today’s stop: Natural Bridge, Red River Gorge.

04/10/2026

What happens when you give people power, remove oversight, and call it science?

The Stanford Prison Experiment wasn’t just observing behavior, it was shaping it, and that changes the story.

04/09/2026

In the show Supernatural, how could demon and angel possession actually work, scientifically?

04/07/2026

Can fasting lower heart disease risk or are we just trusting vibes?

24 hours shifted metabolism and dropped a microbiome-driven risk signal, then snapped right back.

Bonus, this one’s from one of our crew: Washburn et al., Nutrients 2019.

04/06/2026

Who's that microbe?

It’s fuzzy. It’s blue-green. It shows up uninvited on your food. But also saves millions of lives and makes your cheese taste expensive.

And yes, we do see it in some of our cave samples.

04/03/2026

Let me introduce you to my little friend, the rock saw.
Because nothing says science like w3aponized diamonds.