Some people do stupid things. Really stupid things. And sometimes those people die. Here's a collection of some of the stupidest deaths in the past few years from the Darwin Awards. Death is no funny subject, but we couldn't help laughing out loud at some of these ridiculous, death inducing...
The world of biological hoaxes is a great one. Some of them are pranks, some are there to make money, and some are just to laugh at those who don't know any better. There's something about slapping together of a handful of different animals and convincing tourists that it's a real thing that exists...
The road to scientific advancement is never easy. Behind every great discovery or new piece of knowledge lies many hours of toil, labor, and in some cases, danger – not least when the pursuit of scientific knowledge requires journeying into the wild, into the skies or across the sea. Considering...
Psychology as we know it is a relatively young science, but since its inception it has helped us to gain a greater understanding of ourselves and our interactions with the world. Many psychological...
Intro: While the 2011 earthquake and the worries about Fukushima have brought the threat of radioactivity back into the public consciousness, many people still do not realize that radioactive contamination is a worldwide danger. Radionuclides are in the top six toxic threats as listed in the 2010...
The history of writing is a long and interesting one. Without living users and comparison examples, an archaeologist that unearths a new script is probably going to spend the rest of their life scratching their head and trying to translate it. Without the equivalent of a Rosetta stone, it's almost...
Massive storms, tornadoes, and floods have ripped apart portions of the Southeastern U.S. On Wednesday, April 28, 2011, portions of Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee were subjected to severe storms and strings of tornadoes which caused at least 178 deaths, massive power outages, and the shut down...
A supposed leaked document suggesting that the Higgs boson, a subatomic "God Particle," has been discovered by a team of physicists working from the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland. The supposed discovery is considered to be possibly one of the "most interesting" scientific finds...
Any substance, no matter how seemingly benign it may be, can cause damage to an organism. Something as simple as water can be considered toxic as most toxins are dose dependent. Whether whole or in part, toxicity is a huge problem on this planet we all rely on for survival. Though we do our best...
Jesus Christ's crucifixion nails were supposedly "found" by Canadian filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici following an archaeological dig in Jerusalem. Jacobovici insists that the ancient artifacts perhaps used to nail Jesus to the Cross were found in the grave of Jewish high priest Caiaphas, the man who...
