Science Enthusiast. Atheist. Lover of cats.
The Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program released a photo on Facebook a few days ago of a monk seal with an eel up its nose. You’ve heard of Elf on a Shelf… Now get ready for: I think he’s trying to tell the photographer “hey, put the camera down and help me, jerk.” Accompanying the […] More
Tuesday, The New England Journal of Medicine posted an image as part of their series on medical anomalies. They posted an enormous blood clot that came out of someone’s lungs. A 36-year-old man was admitted to the ICU with an acute exacerbation of chronic #heartfailure. After a ventricular assist device was placed & anticoagulation therapy initiated, hemoptysis […] More
It’s that time of year again! No, I’m not talking about replacing the audio of people dancing with Mariah Carey’s song All I want for Christmas is you (even though it is one of my favorite things), I’m talking about the annual debate that rages about the song Baby it’s cold outside. The debate stems from the lyrics […] More
Elon Musk just released video of the first stage booster of the SpaceX CRS-16 mission as it returns to Earth and spins out of control – in rather dramatic fashion. While SpaceX cut away from the descending booster as it appeared spin during the webcast, Elon Musk released the full video of the landing on […] More
It’s a strange phenomenon – I’ve noticed that Christian apologists generally have a worse understanding of the Bible than atheists. It’s full of horrible stories that counter the notion that the Christian version of god is all-knowing and all-powerful. If God knew that humans were going to screw up being human so badly, why didn’t […] More
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – is no stranger to controversy. The group regularly uses controversy and outrage as a tool to gain extra attention from the media. After all, they’re the same group who, in 2014, made this extremely offensive and scientifically incorrect graphic: (As we all know, correlation does […] More
The World Health Organization has announced that the amount of measles cases worldwide increased 30% from 2016 to 2017. The suspected culprit? Anti-vaxxers. God damn it, anti-vaxxers. This is why we can’t have nice things. Get our ‘Vaccines work’ shirt, hoodie, tank, and more, only available in our store! According to SBS News: In Europe, […] More
In a ruling made today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will keep the names of eleven predator priests secret in order to protect their reputations. The priests were identified in the grand jury report that was released in August, that identified over 1000 child victims of sexual assault at the hands of Catholic priests. Get our […] More
Twelve years ago, NASA launched the New Horizons probe. The primary mission was to study Pluto and get the very first up-close views of Pluto to help us learn more about the most famous not-a-planet. #WorthIt Reaching Pluto was not an easy feat. Pluto is about 40 times as far away from the Sun as […] More
A paramedic and a firefighter from a small town in Alberta, Canada said that they felt as though they were forced out of their jobs because they were behaving “too gay.” According to CBC news: Sheri and Alyssa Monk say they were discriminated against and expected to follow different rules than their heterosexual colleagues, saying […] More
Neil deGrasse Tyson was publicly accused of multiple incidents of sexual misconduct earlier this week. And now, he has released a public statement regarding the allegations. Tyson took to Facebook to make the following post: For a variety of reasons, most justified, some unjustified, men accused of sexual impropriety in today’s “me-too” climate are presumed […] More
We always think of lions of being the kings and queens of the African savanna, but if there’s anything I learned watching The Lion King as a kid, it’s that hyenas are terrible and their laughs are even worse. And because it was in a Disney movie, I have to assume that this is 100% true. […] More
