After having 153 diagnosed cases of Measles since October, Rockland County in the state of New York has declared a state of emergency and banned unvaccinated minors from being in some public areas. According to USA Today: Starting at midnight, anyone who is under 18 and not vaccinated against measles will be banned from public […] More
In a joint statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association said that sugary drinks represent a “grave threat” to child health, that we must take action to address, and that we should treat sodas like cigarettes. They said: Excess consumption of added sugars, especially from sugary drinks, poses a grave health threat […] More
As you may have heard, NASA were set to have the first all-female spacewalk this coming Friday, March 29th. However, yesterday NASA made the announcement that they re-assigned the astronauts for the walk, leading to an onslaught of speculation and accusations. Contrary to what many headlines or comments would have you believe, this is *not* […] More
In a paper published in the Journal of Astrobiology and Space Science Reviews, researchers believe they may have found evidence of life currently living on Mars. The researchers believe that fungi-like ‘growths’ found on Mars indicate that there is microbial life currently in existence. These were observed in pictures taken by the Opportunity Rover (may it […] More
A long time ago (September 2018) in a galaxy far, far away (Germany), one man decided to give his observatory some extra pizzazz by painting it to look like R2-D2 from Star Wars. Hubert Zitt, with the help of a small team, transformed the Zweibrück Observatory of the Natural Science Association into an enormous R2-D2. Bored Panda […] More
In a nondescript building in St. Petersburg, a very Russian operation was being acted out. It looked like any other concrete, urban building. Except it had dark, heavy curtains and video surveillance. Badass Russian journalist Lyudmila Savchuk, a 33 year old mother of two, infiltrated this shady building and reported on what she learned. Show […] More
Recently, someone I know aired a grievance regarding banana pancakes and the horrid phenomenon of bananas actually being cooked into the pancake itself. The person had just eaten “banana pancakes” from a pancake house and was advocating for the bananas to be cooked inside the pancake itself, rather than placed on top once the cooking […] More
It’s hard on some level not to think of Evaldas Rimasauskas as some kind of folk hero for what he did, even though it was fraudulent AF and ultimately wound up putting him in prison, convicted of identity theft and money laundering, but only because of who his victims were. Facebook and Google. Show off […] More
After all this time, we’re finally going to see the dark underbelly of the 2016 Trump Presidential Campaign. For two years, Robert Mueller and his team have been investigating Trump and basically any organization remotely affiliated with him. Finally, what happened is going to be exposed to the light of day. The details are far […] More
I hope you’re sitting down when you read this. I know it’s very possible it could make you pass out from shock. So, please, take whatever precautions you deem necessary. Because I can’t be held responsible for what happens after you do read it. Okay? Religious conservatives can be sex-starved porn addicts. I know, I […] More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – After the massive success of SpaceX’s re-usability of their rockets and Crew Capsule, NASA has announced a bold new plan to make spaceflight even cheaper. NASA will stop their previous practice of simply throwing away crew members in favor of re-using them. In a partnership with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program – […] More
We’ve posted a lot about anti-vaxxers lately because they’re doing seemingly everything they can to Make Preventable Diseases Great Again. So much so that we’ve received negative feedback about it: lol. But it’s an important issue because of the potential ramifications for society as a whole. In general, anti-vaxxers aren’t stupid, and it doesn’t help […] More
