Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water this summer, the sea lamprey decided to screw it all up. If you’re living in the U.K., you need to hear this… Officials there have issued a warning to bathers to watch out for an alarming number of sea lampreys that are currently […]
Animals don’t have to do much to make us say “awww!” Simply rolling around, making a silly face, or just being very sleepy can be enough to kill us with cuteness. The bar isn’t set too high, which makes these adorable facts all the more heart-melting. You’re gonna want to snuggle up with each of the sweet animals […]
Several prominent astronauts clashed at a Senate hearing today over where NASA should go next: the moon, Mars, or asteroids. But without adequate funding the question is moot. View this image › Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin Steven Senne / AP / Via apimages.com Buzz Aldrin, the second man to stand on the moon, and two […]
Many of us spend so much time driving that we forget just how dangerous it really is. If you think about it for a moment, though, you’ll realize that driving is one of the riskiest things anyone can do. Despite advances in safety technology, car accidents still account for a huge percentage of deaths in […]
Of all the things about me that could totally justify someone saying, “You know what, Madeline? You’re whacked and you need to leave my home immediately,” I never thought that my love of black coffee would be one of them. But alas, fellow psychopaths, one study is here to drop a bizarre truth bomb on […]
Vaccines? Climate change? Yup. MythBusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman have been making things explode for 13 seasons. But we wanted to hear what they think of some of the biggest recent science headlines, from the Jurassic Park sequel to Mercury retrograde. Here are 14 of their answers from our lightning round of word association. […]
Spoiler: It’s mostly just chemicals. So you have a crush. View this image › tumblr.com It’s the start of a chemical rollercoaster inside your brain. Hold tight, because once you start down this track there’s no going back. 3, 2, 1… 1. You get all flustered when you’re around them, your heart beats faster and […]
You can thank me later for ruining your childhood. 1. If mermaids were real then Ariel’s nose would be on top of her head. View this image › Dan Meth / Via BuzzFeed In The Little Mermaid, Ariel’s biggest problem is the fabulous drag-queen like octopus, Ursula. But if mermaids actually evolved to live in […]