We learned something today. Apparently there are vegans that believe part of living by the definition of what “veganism” means — a strict diet devoid of any and all animal products — means avoiding using honey. To them, there’s no ideological difference between a steak, or squeezing a cow’s udder for the milk (to be fair […] More
You probably have someone on your timeline who posts pic after pic of their children, as if their life held no other significance. If you’re childless, you might scroll past, roll your eyes, or give them a ‘like’ for old time’s sake. Or maybe you are this parent. No judgement (well, maybe just a little). […] More
A blind amphibian has been discovered and given the name Dermophis donaldtrumpi. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you if you’re noticing something odd about the second half of its Latin name. If it looks like it might contain the words “Donald Trump” in it, you’re absolutely correct. That’s because a sustainable building materials company named it after the […] More
‘Tis the season for all kinds of things — peppermint lattes, holiday music on the radio, and easily offended Christians complaining about their neighbors harmless inflatable dragons on her front lawn. Thanks to The Friendly Atheist, we were made aware of this hilarious story involving a woman and her blow-up dragons. It all began with Diana Rowland‘s tweet […] More
The 2018 “Holiday Special Edition” catalogue from Sharper Image is here! Who can resist browsing through their annual assortment of unusual items that you never knew you needed? Sharper Image has always been a reliable source for outrageously overpriced tech gear, and this year is no exception. So, as a scientist, I thought I’d offer my […] More
The other day, Dan sent me a story about people who are boycotting self-checkout registers at their local retail and grocery stores because they think the registers are stealing actual humans’ jobs. “They’re trying to basically herd everyone in, get everyone used to the self-checkouts to continuously cut down on staff,” said Dan Morris, one […] More
We’ve all had uncomfortable conversations with family that are political hardliners at Thanksgiving. If it feels like you’re talking to a brick wall, it’s not that you’re debating skills are bad. Turns out, research is showing that people with deeply held political views – and those of the fringes of the left or right wing […] More
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more people died from gun-related injuries last year than in any other year previously recorded. According to reporting by the New York Times: There were 39,773 gun deaths in 2017, up by more than 1,000 from the year before. Nearly two-thirds were suicides. It was […] More
The time of year of winter holiday celebrations is upon us, isn’t it? And nothing honors the sanctity of Christmas — the holiday that is ONLY EVER ABOUT THE BIRTH OF BABY JESUS! — like putting up Christmas decorations. That is, of course, unless your decorations are accidentally very inappropriate. …like these! #20. I’m not […] More
Finding the perfect gift for that special someone on your holiday shopping list, only to have it stolen by some nefarious package thieving rapscallion is, to put it in the parlance of our times — really crappy. Fear not, though, intrepid e-commerce shoppers, because the scourge of package theft may soon be a thing of […] More
I’m pretty much a card carrying libtarded democratic socialist. I don’t think I need to go over my liberal bonafides, but I thought it was going to be really important for me to get that out of the way at the outset, because I want to talk about one of the dumbest things I’ve read […] More
Spiders are everywhere. This isn’t the beginning of a paranoid delusion, or the start of a horror film. They are literally almost everywhere. A recent survey from PubMed states that 100% of the North Carolina homes they visited had spiders in them, including 68 percent of bathrooms and more than 75 percent of bedrooms. The most common […] More
