Can Africa Stop the Spread of the Sahara with a Giant Wall of Trees?

Mark H. | Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Although we like to think of geography as something fairly constant (e.g. mountains do not move), every year a little more of the world gets eaten away by our ever-expanding deserts. At p...

Why Americans Don't (But Should) Eat Horse

Mark H. | Thursday, May 7, 2015

Back in 2013, when consumers in Europe learned that many of their meat goods were secretly mixed with or even 100 percent horsemeat, they freaked out. For some, it was just the notion tha...

The Time Michel Lotito Ate an Airplane

Josh H. | Thursday, Apr 23, 2015

Michel Lotito, known as Monsieur Mangetout, which translates to Mr. Eats All, made a successful career in France by eating things that you probably wouldn’t think possible, such as an ent...

Your Body Can Have an Orgasm Even After You Die

Jes G. | Friday, Apr 3, 2015

In a 2009 Ted Talk, author Mary Roach dropped the bomb that thanks to something called the Lazarus reflex, people can actually have orgasms after they die. The Lazarus reflex, also known...

Is This the World's Hardest Tongue Twisters?

Mark H. | Thursday, Apr 2, 2015

Everyone knows at least one good tongue twister—one complex string of barely sensible words so similar that they’ll trip anybody up who tries to say them too quickly. (My personal favorit...

Alex, the Only Parrot to Ask an Existential Question

Josh H. | Thursday, Mar 19, 2015

Alex, an African Gray parrot, is so far the only non-human animal to ever ask an existential question about himself, which means he was self-aware enough to understand his own existence....

Sweden Gets Rid of Its Racist Bird Names

Emma B. | Thursday, Mar 5, 2015

Bird watching isn’t something we typically associate with racism. But in Sweden, members of the country’s Ornithological Society have just had to review the names of some of the country’s...

Alabama Still Maintains Its Ban on Selling Sex Toys

Mark H. | Thursday, Feb 12, 2015

This is a PSA: If you’re thinking of buying or selling a vibrator, strap-on, or masturbation sleeve in Alabama, stop! Commerce involving sex toys is illegal in the state and subject to a...

5 Scientists Who Believe in Bigfoot... Sorta.

Marc O. | Saturday, Dec 13, 2014

Laugh it off if you must, but the existence of Bigfoot remains one of the most storied ideas in history. After centuries of folklore, campfire tales, and blurry photos, it seems we are no...

Don’t Shoot Bigfoot In Washington—It’s Homicide

Josh H. | Monday, Oct 27, 2014

The story of Bigfoot, the mysterious alleged ape-like creature who stalks forests remaining mostly unseen, has been widely debated since his first “sighting” in 1811 in Alberta, Canada. S...

Would You Pay for a $2300 Hot Dog?

Mark H. | Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014

This summer Guinness World Records crowned the Juuni Ban from Seattle’s Tokyo Dog food truck the world’s most expensive hotdog. A 12-inch smoked cheese bratwurst served with butter teriya...

10 Animals Endangered by Human Superstitions

Emma B. | Monday, Aug 25, 2014

We tend to think of superstition as a quirk of the old-world, but when it comes to animals, that’s not true. Modern superstitions dictate that some animals bring bad omens, and that other...