Cartoon of the week: It's Going to Be Ok. Weird of the week: The Latest Trend Among Biohackers Is Implanting LED Lights Beneath Your Skin. Not at the Onion, this is a real thing. You Are Probably Pretty Self-Centered, But So Is Everyone Else. “No one is examining you...

Hello, I'm Mr. Null. My Name Makes Me Invisible to Computers. That would be such a pain! Google's New E-Mail Bot Writes Your Replies. Super skeptical of it's accuracy/usefulness. All 300-plus languages spoken in American homes, and the number of people who speak them....

Wil Wheaton is right: Stop expecting artists to work for free — or worse, for “exposure”. Bacon Causes Cancer? Sort of. Not Really. Ish. “Eating bacon is not as bad as smoking when it comes to cancer. Just no. The way WHO classifies cancer-causing substances, on the...

Photo series of the week: Auto Mechanics Hilariously Recreate Renaissance Paintings. Love it. Funny and sad because it's true: Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting. Feeling better about my adult coloring book: According To...

Comic of the week: Advice From the Creator of Calvin and Hobbes. The "Sharing Economy" Is Dead, And We Killed It. Digital dependence is 'eroding human memory'. End of the world plan: scientists to nudge asteroid off course as practice for protecting the Earth. When...

Well this is the best news I've had all week: A Scientific Breakthrough Could Make Your Wine into Hangover-Free Magic. Followed immediately by not-good news: A giant ancient virus was just uncovered in melting ice — and it won’t be the last. And some...

Why salad is so overrated. I have been saying this for years!!! Now science backs me up. “As the world population grows, we have a pressing need to eat better and farm better, and those of us trying to figure out how to do those things have pointed at lots of...

Fun/silly thing of the week: What was the #1 movie on your birthday? Mine was The Terminator. 🙂 Living Without A Sense Of Smell. “Losing your sense of smell takes away more than scents and flavors — it can fundamentally change the way you relate to other people.”...

Uber's Phantom Cabs. I wondered about this, when I used Uber for the first time. It showed a lot of cars near me in Round Rock, which didn't seem right. Scientists have synthesized a new compound that ‘mimics’ exercise. Sign me up. 7 Muslim-American Actors on...

Exploding The Nuclear Family. “Artificially conceived children do absolutely fine; the absence of a father or a mother doesn’t spell disaster for the children; the kids of gay and lesbian parents do no worse than those from more traditional families.” These...