As the internet heaps more and more information in our lap, it’s hard to parse what’s truly backed up by science and what’s hearsay. One of the most popular sex-related theories that regularly makes the internet rounds is that semen is good for your skin. But is semen really good for your skin? Or is this a […]
Sarah Palin has moved on from being simply a climate-change denier to an apparent expert on all matters scientific. At a recent press event for her new film Climate Hustle, she reportedly trashed beloved children’s television host Bill Nye the Science Guy (why??). “Bill Nye is as much as scientist as I am,” she said. “He’s a kids’ show actor; he’s […]
Let me begin by acknowledging that I know peanuts about celebrity cat “Lil Bub.” Actually, everything I’ve ever known about Lil Bub, I think I learned from this single, amazing Gizmodo article, published just this morning. The article is, y’know, article-length—I guess, in modern parlance, you’d call it a “longread”—so I have tried to extract and synopsize the […]
Are you ready for your minds to be BLOWN? Via PBS and Scientific American, a new theory contends that when the Big Bang occurred and the universe expanded, it did so in two directions not just one, creating a mirror universe on the other side of the Big Bang. Except instead of time moving forward […]
If you, like me, spent a portion of your morning delicately pulling out gray hairs from the crown of your head, you’re going to want to hear about this. Science! Yes, the same science that told us that boobs shouldn’t wear bras and that there’s a neurological reason you can’t get Rihanna’s “Diamonds” out of your head, has […]
