According to the Clark County, Washington Department of Public Health, almost every single child in the current Measles outbreak wasn’t vaccinated. According to their website, 37 out of the 41 confirmed cases of Measles are in children who did not receive a vaccination for Measles. The vaccination status of four of the children are unknown. […] More
Anti-vaxxers are the 8th Wonder of the World to me. They have access to the full body of knowledge humanity possesses in their pocket, yet somehow they think they know more than doctors who have dedicated their lives to medicine. It’s a runaway Dunning-Kruger effect. The state of Washington is currently dealing with yet another […] More
If you ever want to have your faith in humanity destroyed, join an anti-vaxxer group on Facebook. A few years ago, I joined a handful of groups just to see what kinds of conversations were happening and to try to understand their logic. Spoiler alert: there is no logic to be found. Thanks to known […] More
Surprise, surprise. Yesterday, I wrote about the team of Israeli scientists who said they would have a cure for all cancers within a year. In the piece, I said: While they may have found a successful application for their new drug, this is nothing more than an advertisement for their product, likely with the goal […] More
Canadian born American architect Frank Gehry has a mind that is clearly geared for the fantastic and other-worldly. The nearly 90-year old designer has been envisioning and creating buildings that seem to defy the laws of physics and use color schemes that make you think you’re looking at a Bladerunner sequel or something. In a world so full […] More
The governor of Washington has declared a state of emergency last week subsequent to a measles outbreak in Clark and King counties. So far, the state has confirmed that 35 children have measles, and there are eleven more cases pending verification. One would think that given the fact that we have the entirety of human knowledge […] More
There’s that old saying – if you live in a glass house, don’t throw stones. I think it applies here to a certain extent. Earlier today, the official ICE Twitter account made the following post: Think slavery doesn’t exist today? Think again. #HumanTrafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. https://t.co/u1LTrtd4Ix pic.twitter.com/JMyVe8CRdH — ICE (@ICEgov) January […] More
A new study published in Nature titled Rapidly receding Arctic Canada glaciers revealing landscapes continuously ice-covered for more than 40,000 years found that, well, I won’t insult your intelligence by re-typing the title. The cause? You guess it: Climate change. Get our famous ‘Vaccines work’ shirt, only available in our store! In the study, the authors wrote that […] More
Kids love drawing. From the typical house with a sun in the corner to an 8-legged ferocious t-rex in a spacesuit riding a rocket to Mars, there’s seemingly no end to a child’s creativity. Get our ‘Animals of the world’ shirt, available now in our store! It’s also a great way for children to express […] More
Edit note: there is an update for this story. According to a report in the Jerusalem Post, a team of scientists working for Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd. in Israel believe that they will cure cancer within one year. Dan Aridor, who owns the company, said: Our cancer cure will be effective from day one, will last […] More
Before we go anywhere with this, please allow us to make our usual disclaimer when we cover things involving vegans and lightly mocking them: Generally, a vegan diet has been shown to have many positive health benefits, and in no way should you construe this article as an attack on vegan diets or the people […] More
Have you been done LSD and wondered why your brain was creating the trip you were on? Of course you haven’t. You were too busy, you know, being on an acid trip. Well, luckily for the rest of us, researchers at the National Academy of Sciences have been pondering what exactly makes our brains create what it […] More
