Anti-Vaccine Tweets Spread Faster Than Pro-Vaccine Messages
Not all messages are created equal, and when it comes to Tweets about vaccines it’s the anti-vaccine messages that spread the fastest
Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher Dies at Age 87
Margaret Tatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and first woman to lead a Western power, died today at the age of 87
A Few Rare People Hallucinate Musical Scores
Musical hallucinations are the rarest form of ‘text hallucinations’
Get Your Own Offshore Tax Haven, a Step-by-Step Guide
From $8 to $32 trillion dollars are buried in tax havens worldwide. Here’s how it works
Google Autocomplete Isn’t the Same in Every Country
Chronicling the ways google autocompletes your searches can be both enlightening and horrifying
Graham Crackers Were Supposed To Be a Sex Drive–Suppressing Diet Food
The original vision for graham crackers had little to do with s’mores
How That Annoying Drone From Inception Took Over Movie Trailers
There’s this weird, droney sound that nearly every action movie seems to employ. But where did it come from?
Camera Lost for Six Years Returned (Which Is Crazy Even With the Internet)
The story can tell us a lot about the durability of plastic, but it’s also an interesting look at just how connected the corners of the globe can be
An Artist’s Ode to Plankton, Set to Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’
Instead of singing to Mimi, the poet Rodolfo serenades a giant stalks of human-sized plankton wrapped in plastic pollution
It Snowed So Hard During This Soccer Game That Costa Rica Wants a Rematch With the U.S.
It was snowing so hard that they had to use a bright yellow ball to even see what was going on
Death Club for Hipsters Wants to Change the Way You See Dying
Called the Order of the Good Death, the club is full of artists, writers, film makers, musicians and other creative types
It’s Not Just You: Garfield Is Not Meant to Be Funny
Unlike New Yorker cartoons, in which, you are actually missing the joke, Garfield is in fact not even designed to be funny
Most Internet Spam Comes From Just a Handful of ‘Bad Neighborhoods’
The majority of the spam in the internet comes from just a couple of bad neighborhoods
Hearing Just One Half of a Conversation Is Really, Really Annoying
“Yep.” “Yep.” “Sure, okay.” “5?” “Oh no she di…” “What?” “Oh man that’s crazy!”
Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio Chosen As New Pope
Pope Francis is the first South American ever to hold the position and the first non-European pope in more than 1,000 years
Japan Just Opened Up a Whole New Source for Fossil Fuels
For the first time, natural gas has been pulled from offshore methane clathrates
Here You Still Can Listen to Sound of a Nintendo Game Boy
One technology enthusiast set out to capture the sounds of old gadgets in his Museum of Endangered Sounds
Being a Naturalist Is Way More Dangerous Than You Think
Some of these naturalists were murdered by people in the regions they were working. Others died of diseases or lost their lives to their research subjects
Dennis Hope Thinks He Owns the Moon
Dennis Hope claims to own the Moon, and he wants to sell you an acre for just $19.99 plus taxes and fees
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