Fewer things can generate more controversy and disagreement than discussions about food and nutrition. It often seems that people will never reach any kind of consensus on what we should and shouldn't eat. But there may actually be a few exceptions to this. Here are 10 nutrition facts that everyone actually agrees on — …
Giving Away Toys Can Get You Toys, Thanks to Geeks for Tots
They say the Holidays are all about friends and family, but that's a hard thing to remember if you're a kid with nothing to open on Christmas morning. Toys matter, which is why donating to Toys for Tots to help families in need give their kids presents is such a great thing to do (especially now, after Hurrican Sandy). …
Dark Knight art appears to rip the floor out of an Australian mall
An artist created this incredible 3D chalk art for the Dark Knight Rises film in a mall in Sydney, Australia. It looks like the glowing bat symbol has eaten away the floor and the entire shopping center is crumbling into the Earth's superheated maw. Click to enlarge!
Window washers dress as superheroes to cheer up sick kids
From the department of people using superheroes to be real heroes: A crew of window washers from American National Skyline dressed as superheroes while cleaning the windows at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., last week. As they scraped off the grime, they revealed the smiles of the young patients…
Eight years after the Athens Olympics, some venues have been left to…
The Greek embassy estimated that it cost Greece €8.954 billion to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2004, including the construction of the Olympic Village and several shiny new athletic venues. Since then, though, some of those venues have been abandoned, making one Olympic legacy a set of decaying structures.
What Science Can Tell us About James Holmes’s Brain
As humans, it's only natural for us to search for explanations in the face of senseless violence. So it's no surprise that people have floated
At long last, MRSA seems to be on the decline
We've been hearing terrifying stories about MRSA for years. Ask anybody in the health care industry, and they'll tell you MRSA is a source of great trepidation. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is incredibly hard to kill, and thanks to its toughness against antibiotics, it tends to spread like wildfire in…
10 Weirdest Ways That Ancient Rulers Died
One of the most shocking things about Game of Thrones is the brutal and often bizarre ways that the nobles and princes kick the bucket — but George R.R. Martin's horrifying story is pretty close to historical realism. Many historical leaders snuffed it in bizarre, insane ways, from being smothered by coats to, yes,…
Smurfs Are Sexist Nazis, Says Worried French Sociologist
In deconstructing the culture and lifestyle habits of the Smurfs ("les schtroumpfs"), French sociologist Antoine Buéno depicts the little blue creatures as racist, sexist, anti-Semitic "archetype[s] of totalitarian society imbued with Stalinism and Nazism." Now friends and fans of the Smurfs are so mad at him.
First video from the UK's Batman Stage Show: Turn On The Camp!
In the wake of the Spider-Man musical's total disaster, somehow the Batman Live Arena Tour has gotten a free pass. But just check out these photos. Nothing good can come of a stage show with Schumacher undertones. Or can it?
