LITERALLY
If You Don’t Go To The Dentist, Your Teeth Will Literally Fall Out Of Your Head
Good dental care is important. Here are some terrifying charts to prove it.
HOW NOW, ROUND COW?
The Sacred, Spherical Cows Of Physics
Theoretical physics milks symmetry to power its newest tool.
BIG TENT POLITICS
Congress Could Ban Exotic Animals In Circuses, Once And For All
An historic bill introduced in Congress today could finally put a stop to the cruel practice of using captive animals in circuses.
DANCE YOUR CARES AWAY
Club Drug Ketamine Might Hold The Key To Fast-Acting Antidepressants
A new, fast-acting antidepressant that works like the infamous club drug ketamine could elevate mood in just 24 hours, researchers say.
SURE, THE SUN IS TOTALLY JUST 32 MILES LONG
For Some The Earth Is Still Flat
Although their ranks have diminished, the Flat Earth Society is alive, the planet is wrapped in an ice wall, and the sun and the moon are the exact same size.
WHALE BEYOND WHAT YOU'D EXPECT
What’s The Pressure Inside An Exploding Whale?
Let’s guess that the person in the video is about 1.8 meters tall, which is the average height for a Dutch man. Now, I’m going to track the speed at which the blood and gas mixture shoots out of the whale.
THE DARK LORD WELCOMES YOU
Here’s The First Look At The New Satanic Monument Being Built For Oklahoma’s Statehouse
An artist trained in classical sculpture is toiling away in New York, crafting a Baphomet figure sitting beneath a pentagram and flanked by two children gazing upward in loyalty. When it is finished, it will be cast in bronze and, the Satanists hope, eventually displayed in Oklahoma.
TRAVEL BAGGAGE
Where Does Your Carry-On Go? The Unspoken Rules Of The Overhead Bin
Millions of times each day on airplanes everywhere is a frenzied land grab for the overhead bins. Passengers jockey for position at the gates, hoping to snag a spot for their roller bags — ostensibly near their seat, although, as the bins fill up, any open space will do. Or will it?
THEY'RE JUST STALE TORTILLAS
How Doritos Rose From Repurposed Disneyland Garbage
Doritos are a ridiculous product just taken at face value. But when you learn that they were born in a Disneyland dumpster, they become an absurdist allegory of the American consumer condition
DESIGN UNDERGROUND
How New York's Subway Signs Came To Be
In the sixties, New York’s subway signs confused riders more than they guided them. The city’s response became part of a “golden era of identity design.”
WRITE THIS DOWN
If You Want To Remember Something, Take Notes By Hand
A new study finds that people remember lectures better when they’ve taken handwritten notes, rather than typed ones.
WELL, 100 OF THEM AT LEAST
What People Really Order At Chipotle
Last week, I sent a Chipotle survey to 100 people. 64 of them responded. This is what they shared.
HEY, MUST BE THE MONEY
Why Do Rich Kids Commit Crimes?
In short: Because they’re rich.
RUN AWAY
Watch A Landslide Swallow An Entire Street In 20 Seconds
It's like a magic trick to make a whole section of the earth disappear. A really, really horrifying magic trick.
HOW FAR THE APPLE FALLS FROM THE TREE
Do Children Just Take Their Parents' Political Beliefs? It's Not That Simple
A recent study shows that children who are raised to have strong beliefs are also more likely to rebel against those views as they age.
STEP 1: BUY A MAGAZINE
How To Lose $100 Million
The undoing of Tina Brown.
'LIKE BELONGING TO AN EVIL FRATERNITY'
Teen Gangs Are Responsible For 40% Of NYC Shootings
There are more than 300 of them in New York — violent crews of dozens of 12- to 20-year-olds with names such as Very Crispy Gangsters, True Money Gang and Cash Bama Bullies. And they're doing a lot of shooting.
PLASTIC HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE
Trash Is Pretty Much The Most Common Thing To Find On The Ocean Floor
Plastic, fishing gear and 18th-century steamship coal were among the most common finds of a survey looking for detritus on the ocean floor.
THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
Paula Deen Is Cooking Again
Just about a year ago, celebrity chef Paula Deen was the one embroiled in a controversy about race when her past use of a racial epithet was revealed in a deposition for a workplace discrimination lawsuit. But now she's got a $100 million investment and a restaurant set to open next to a theme park.
SOCIAL LANDSCAPING
The Great Facebook Deep-Clean
By pruning my account to include just the stuff I wanted to see, I would see if New Facebook could be made to feel like the Old Facebook I loved, or if it was beyond repair.
YOU'VE GOT HEARTS, KID
How Gamers Eat Their Food
Is any of that even going in your mouth? Where are your manners?
HIGH ROLLERS
Las Vegas Is Poised To Become The Disneyland Of Weed
Cannabis entrepreneurs fight to stake their pot leaf in the world's biggest tourist destination.
BOOKING IT
Why the Smart Reading Device Of The Future May Be Paper
Paper books were supposed to be dead by now. For years, information theorists, marketers, and early adopters have told us their demise was imminent. Yet in a world of screen ubiquity, many people still prefer to do their serious reading on paper.
CHAOS IN C.A.R.
Hell Is An Understatement
Reliable data doesn’t exist for the number dead, but from December until March, street lynchings became so common that they ceased to be news. The danger is unequaled anywhere in present-day Africa except, perhaps, Nigeria on a bad day. Bangui competes with Damascus for the title of world’s grimmest capital city.
DEATH TOLL FOR THE STROLL
The Slow Death Of Purposeless Walking
A number of recent books have lauded the connection between walking — just for its own sake — and thinking. But are people losing their love of the purposeless walk?
SYSTEM OF A JOHN
Elton John And System Of A Down Play 'Crocodile Chop'
Who knew the two went so well together?
'VERY LITTLE OF SUBSTANCE'
John Oliver's Media Diet
"It’s kind of the process of imbibing as wide a variety of poisons as possible.”
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?
What Is Non Dairy Creamer Made Of?
Seriously, what isn't made of corn syrup?
BENEATH THE SHELL
New 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Trailer Reveals All Four Turtles
It’s no secret just how fickle movie fans can be when it comes to their favorite characters being re-imagined, and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has proven that even the mutated and amphibious are expected to look a certain way to comic fans.
PURE HELL
The 'Post-Antibiotic Era' Of Drug Resistant Disease Is Almost Here
Get ready to crawl into a hole, forever: Gonorrhea, urinary tract infections, and pneumonia are just some of the infectious diseases that are becoming resistant to antibiotics, a new report finds.
IN ALL SUBJECTS
Here's 100 Years Of Proof That Girls Are Better Students Than Boys
Even in math and science.
A SCIENCE OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
Unearthing A 13th-Century Metaverse
An irksome view: if schools simply focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics — at the expense of frivolous “non-scientific” subjects — then a model 21st-century workforce would magically materialize. Those entertaining such notions should consider the following a brief morality tale.
SEXISTENTIAL CRISIS
How Baby Boomers Killed The Modern Romantic Comedy
From the late 1960s on, girls (for the first time in history) were raised to play sports, go to college and become independent, career-focused adults (more like boys). Baby Boomer parents changed the way they raised their daughters, but they did not change the way they raised their sons. As a result women now act more like men, but men are behaving as they were raised, like men — and so, at present, Americans are undergoing a sexistentialist crisis of Woody Allen-sized proportions.
MAY ALSO PLAY AUDIO
Apple's New EarPods Rumored To Monitor Heart Rate, Blood Pressure
An anonymous post on the social network “Secret,” which allows people to published anonymous messages for the world to see, suggests that Apple’s next EarPods will be loaded with biometric sensors.
NO SCHOOL PRIDE HERE
Here Are The 55 Schools Under Federal Investigation For Sexual Assault
In an unprecedented move, today the U.S. Department of Education released to the public a list of all of the 55 American colleges and universities that are currently under investigation for violating Title IX over their piss-poor handling of sex assault investigations.
'THIS IS LIKE TITANIC'
Video Captures Students' Final Moments Aboard Sinking Ferry
Cellphone video from one of the passengers aboard the ferry Sewol, Park Su-hyeon, shows many students not realizing that the ferry would soon capsize and sink off the coast of South Korea.
SURPRISINGLY NOT A GROUCH ABOUT IT
I Live In A Dumpster
My daughter's friends don't believe her when she tells them, "Daddy lives in a dumpster."
DOCTOR DEATH
Licensed To Kill
What legal responsibility does a hospital have to keep a dangerous doctor from operating? Under Texas law, none.
DRAWING THE NEWS
How To Store Your Food In The Fridge And The Freezer
Ever wonder how long those avocados will last in your crisper? How many days you've got to finish those leftovers? Wonder no more thanks to this handy guide.
NEVER ROAM THE LOT AGAIN
Google Now Remembers Where You Parked Your Car
Google’s latest update to the Android version of the Google Search App has a new feature to remember where you parked your car and then give you directions on how to go back to that location.
THINGS WERE GOING SO WELL UNTIL...
3 Olympic Fencers Vs. 50 Amateurs
A Japanese TV program had the genius idea to pit three Olympic fencers against 50 amateurs.