Nothing says autumn like the sight of golden leaves, oversized sweaters, and hefty orange pumpkins. We set them on our doorsteps to woo fall, carve them up for Halloween decor, toast their seeds, and puree their insides into the quintessential pie of Thanksgiving. Would a pumpkin by any other name taste as sweet? Yes, it…
Here’s Why Florida Is About To Release Mutant Mosquitoes
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a plan that involves releasing genetically altered mosquitoes into the Florida Keys. The purpose? Beyond sounding like a cool science fiction scenario, the FDA hopes these mutant mosquitoes will kill their Zika-carrying peers. Biotech company Oxitec is behind the project, having engineered male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that can…
Clinton Jumps To Huge Lead Over Trump In The Polls
Folks, this thing may finally be all over but the voting. If you’ve been nervously/excitedly waiting to see how extreme the fallout is after the revelation of that Donald Trump sexual assault tape, we have the first indication and it’s huge. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows Clinton with a commanding 11-point lead over…
This College Hockey Team's Secret Weapon Is An Autistic Defenseman
Walker Aurand, like so many young men who started playing hockey when they were knee high, spent frigid Saturday mornings being schlepped to practice by bleary-eyed parents. Eventually he would live out his dream playing for a college team, his childhood, and teen years having been shaped by the game. But hockey would do something…
Sarah Silverman Compelled Bernie Supporters To Vote For Hillary In One Short Sentence
The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday night to a rather tumultuous start. After leaked emails showed the Democratic National Committee was against Bernie Sanders from the start, its leader, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, stepped down. She had planned to attend the DNC in Philadelphia, however after being greeted by protesters, angered over the blatant…
Here’s The Powerful Reason People Are Wearing Safety Pins In The U.K.
The tiny safety pin is making a huge impact in Great Britain—and it has nothing to do with punk rock. Following last week’s stunning Brexit vote, the United Kingdom saw a staggering 57 percent increase in reported incidents of xenophobic abuse, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council. Some victims even took to social media to share photos…
Snoop Dogg And The Game’s Peaceful Protest Message Needs To Be Heard
On Friday, Snoop Dogg and The Game, rappers and Los Angeles natives both, led a march to the Los Angeles Police Department’s doorstep, to show they have had enough. At 6:30 a.m. local time, The Game posted to Instagram saying, “make the Californian & it’s (sic) law branches aware that from today forward, we will be UNIFIED as minorities…
What Goes into A Racist Sandwich?
Is racism as American as peanut butter and jelly? One humble food podcast is peeling apart the layers of bread to find out. “Racist Sandwich” is a podcast all about race and food.The name is a reference to 2012 national media firestorm that began in Portland, Oregon, when a public school principal dared to suggest…
Truck Attack On Bastille Day In Nice Kills 84
On Thursday at least 84 people—including two Americans—were killed during a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, after a grenade-filled tractor trailer truck drove straight into the crowd. Regional President Christian Estrosi told CNN affiliate BFM-TV, the attack began after the occupant of the truck shot into the crowd. He then drove for 2 kilometers along the…
Engineers Designed The Perfect Human Form To Survive A Car Crash
Meet Graham. He’s the hideously malformed but highly evolved virtual human designed to show us all how far off the biological mark we really are when it comes to surviving automobile wrecks. For this eye-opening moment in your life, you can thank the combined skills of a trendsetting visual artist and a trauma surgeon-slash-car crash…