Apparently romance novels are getting us knocked up and giving us STD’s and making us enter unhealthy relationships and the list goes on and on and on. (via) “It may…
Another miraculous educational turnaround, another example of rampant cheating. I think we’ve seen enough of a pattern now of school districts doing a quick turnaround only for the numbers to…
I don’t think I’m bragging too much when I say that we have one of the best comics sections on the interwebs, but I think it gets ignored sometimes because…
Earlier this year, I saw this episode of Nova where they discussed growing replacement organs for people who need transplants. Transplant surgery is always tricky both because finding donors is…
The Stanford Alumni magazine revisits the Stanford Prison Experiment forty years later, and catches up with some of the participants. I wonder if anyone will refer to this bear as…
Don’t forget to wish Neptune a happy first birthday next week! I love you chocolate printer. Let’s talk about the times of day crimes are committed, shall we? All polar…
There’s a lot of writing-themed rejection stories around, or at least ones about fleeting publishing fortune. In the spirit of trying and giving up, publishing house frustrations and then reflecting…
Does Ernest Hemingway’s death outshine his literary prowess? At the end of Hemingway’s life, he was subjected to electro-shock treatment to treat his paranoid depression, which resulted in memory loss…
It’s been a while since I posted some good old fashioned architecture porn. Traveling? Maybe you need to check out some awesome tunnels or specific museums. Ants! Have you heard…
We’ve been seeing a lot from Roxane Gay lately, on The Rumpus as well as in other literary blog realms. Ever wondered about her writing process? See what she has…