According to the results of a new study published in the Lancet, we appear to be on the brink of eliminating AIDS. A new study of nearly 1000 male couples (in which one partner received treatment to suppress the HIV virus) found that there were zero cases in which the HIV-negative partner contracted HIV during unprotected […] More
Recreational drug use is certainly a subject that could use a lot more scientific research. For decades, especially in the United States, using drugs in a party or social setting was looked down, and the War on Drugs was our government’s extremely ill-advised attempt to legislate drug morality. The reality, though, is that just like […] More
Man, I wanna party with those shrimp! What shrimp you ask? The shrimp that researchers say they are finding trace amounts of cocaine in. I’m not saying I need to do coke with the shrimp, I’m just wondering what the cokey-shrimp taste like. I’m also wondering what the scene at Red Lobster would look like during Shrimpfest […] More
A new case study published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia investigated a woman who feels almost no pain, and heals without forming any scars. The kicker? She didn’t realize that this wasn’t normal until she was in her 60s. This was discovered after she had surgery on her hand, and did not require painkillers afterwards. Gizmodo […] 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
There are lots of myths that circulate the internet about semen. There are blogs, articles in men’s magazines, and just good ol’ fashioned gossip telling you how to change the taste or smell of your excretions. There is some truth to this, considering that what your body excretes is of course effected by what you […] More
There is no known “cure” for HIV/AIDS, and as good as the following news is, that has to be reiterated. While some outlets have taken to using the term “cure,” the far more accurate term to use would be “remission.” That’s because what’s happening in three momentous cases — one in London, one in Berlin, […] More
There are a whole lot of reasons that the War on Drugs was and is, well, kind of silly. A lot of those reasons are more about common sense — prohibiting the legal purchase of something doesn’t stop it from being purchased, at a premium and at great risk of personal bodily harm. A biologist […] More
I don’t want to shock or alarm anybody, but here in the United States of Freedom Land, we have a teency-weency little major problem with school shootings. Some might say we have a gun violence problem in general, but there’s really no argument that far too many shootings happen on school campuses here in the […] More
As more and more states legalize medical and recreational cannabis, we’re getting more and more actual scientific research about the effect weed has on humans beyond, and I’m being scientific af when I say this, “being just great.” After all, Carl Sagan himself once wrote “the illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full […] More
Trump SOTU guests include: family of couple killed by unauthorized immigrant; human trafficking investigator; survivors of Pittsburgh massacre; Alice Johnson; recovering opioid addict; re-hired sawmill employee; child cancer survivor; kid bullied for being named Joshua Trump.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 5, 2019
If you’re anything like me, you watched Trump’s State of the Union speech and afterwards thought “well, those were certainly all words.” But nothing that he said tonight came as a surprise to anyone. It’s more of the same senseless drivel that comes from Trump and his administration. Look, we knew this was going to be […] More
I roll my eyes a bit every time I hear someone talk about their New Year’s resolution. Maybe my cynicism has reached an unhealthy level, or maybe it’s because 80% of people give up on their resolutions by February, and ultimately 92% of resolutions fail. And I’m not in the business of being motivational (as […] More
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