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Today, on the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the news is all moon-related – or rather, Earth Moon-related. None, save fearless Listicles, have noted the perverse human-centrism at work in the constant obsession with our moon, as opposed to every other moon in the universe. Typical humans, only thinking of themselves. Well, to right [...]

A 37-year-old woman in London is accused of having her boyfriend punch a man who shouted at her for cutting the line in a grocery store. He ended up punching the wrong man–and killed him.
The world is finally getting wise to your pirating ways, Somalian Pirates.
“The tenderness of the delicate American buttock is [...]

Geronimo’s descendants sue secret organization, claim they have the remains of the Apache leader in their secret crypt.
Martian water exists and apparently contains anti-freeze.
I (still) want to believe.
Beauty is skin deep. And also, the rest of the way deep too.
Free-loading dolphins expect health care handouts from hard working humans.
Solar power in China! For 0.00006% [...]

If we’re looking at movies that might influence today’s new U.S. President Barack Obama, it’s rather worrisome to note that his favorite movie is The Godfather. Hoping that Obama doesn’t turn out like Don Vito Corleone, those tireless film archivists at Future of Classic have parsed their DVD libraries for movie presidents whose onscreen behavior [...]

As we overdose on inauguration coverage today and tomorrow, we’ll be seeing so many American flags that by Wednesday we’ll think every blank surface is covered in stars and stripes. To complement the plethora of flags in today’s news coverage, we’ve been seeing a lot of a fictional flag being waved lately. All the commercials [...]

The authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics finally found that TV snack ads make kids want to eat more snacks than they should, thereby proving once again the effectiveness of late capitalism. Though a complete ban of candy commercials is unlikely, hopes are that fewer ads targeting children would significantly [...]