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Thursday December 11, 2025. 02:27 PM
Donald Trump campaigned on the price of eggs, but since returning to office the economy has worsened and prices haven't gone down. 'Affordability is a con job by the Democrats', he now says, making clear that things will not be improving any time soon. — Read the rest The po...
If you ever wanted to experience a vibrant, intriguing fantasy world stripped of all its color and personality, Netflix's live-action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender had you covered. Like with the last crack at bringing Avatar to live action, a pursuit that continues...
There's a brand new baby at Chester Zoo, and it might just be the cutest baby animal I've ever seen! Kitawa, a Goodfellow's tree kangaroo, has, according to the good folks at Chester Zoo, 'been keeping a secret' — her tiny joey! — Read the rest The post This baby...
Wednesday December 10, 2025. 11:43 PM
I recently learned that broccoli sprouts are among the most nutritious foods you can eat. They're especially good for cardiovascular health, and research suggests they might help slow or even reverse blood vessel damage and atherosclerosis from high cholesterol. The super...
Size of Life is an educational website that displays the relative sizes of everything from DNA to entire ecosystems through detailed, hand-drawn animations. Enter the site, and you'll find yourself on a journey from smallest to biggest, using arrow buttons to move up the...
TL;DR: Setapp AI's 1-year Standard plan is on sale for $68.99, bundling over 260 curated Mac apps and built-in AI tools under one subscription. MacOS is already one of the most intuitive operating systems out there, and it comes with a solid lineup of built-in apps for everyd...
The peppermint-stick insect (Megacrania batesii) lurks deep in Australia's rainforests and Papua New Guinea. This slim, green bug has a weird superpower: it sprays peppermint-scented liquid at predators. You can watch the peppermint-stick insect in action here. To humans,...
Want to learn about a truly horrifying parasite? Meet the tongue-eating isopod. This small crustacean swims into a fish's mouth, devours its tongue, then attaches itself where the tongue used to be. The fish survives, essentially growing a 'new tongue' made entirely of...
A popular wild mushroom sold in markets and restaurants in Yunnan, China, causes hallucinations of 'little people' when undercooked. Hospital records show that '96 percent of patients affected by this mushroom report seeing an abundance of 'little people' or 'elves,' often...
I can check the news, tally dates, and count my playtime hours, but it's still hard to believe it's been five years since Cyberpunk 2077 launched—one of the most polarizing RPGs this century. Few games have generated more pre-release hype: fans expected a revelatory...
I want to get off Todd Howard's wild ride, please. Skyrim being released and rereleased on every platform under the sun was a funny joke back in 2016, when those rereleases were still in the single digits. By my count, the game just hit its fifteenth version, and we're...
Long-storied versions of John Moses Browning, the legendary American firearm designer's iconic final creation, the Browning Hi-Power, have been sighted in use by Ukrainian forces resisting Russia's invasion of their homeland. After 80-some years of service, produced in...
The murder hornet, also known by the less fun names Asian giant hornet, northern giant hornet, and Japanese giant hornet, is the largest hornet in the world. It has a stinger that is a quarter of an inch long and venom that dissolves human flesh. — Read the rest The post...
California health officials have issued the world's least‑hipster food advisory: stop plucking mysterious forest mushrooms and just buy them at Safeway. After nearly two dozen people were hospitalized, and one died, from the deceptively cheerful 'Death Cap' mushroom, the...
A Florida man found at the wheel of a freshly-stolen and crashed BMW told Sheriff's deputies that he teleported into the vehicle and was not responsible for its theft or destruction. He was arrested, nonetheless, and charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle and driving on ...
In a medical chain reaction so convoluted it sounds like a rejected Coen brothers plot, a Michigan man has died of rabies after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who once fought off a skunk to save a kitten. The skunk, presumably itself the victim of a rabid bat,...
On Tuesday, President Trump posted a nearly 500-word screed to Truth Social insisting he's in perfect health, calling the New York Times' coverage of his stamina 'seditious, perhaps even treasonous,' and suggesting 'we should do something about it.' The post was a response...
Eileen Higgins has won Miami's mayoral election, making her the first Democrat to govern the Florida city since thr 1990s. A former county commissioner, she is also the first woman to lead Miami. Moreover, she defeated her opponent by 19 points, the latest big Democratic...
Back in 2015, Rhett Krawitt was a 7-year-old leukemia survivor with a compromised immune system, a plaid blazer, and a better grasp of public health than half the state. Sitting before the California legislature, Rhett delivered a mic-drop plea for vaccines with more clarity ...
In Catalonia, Christmas involves a hollowed-out log with a painted face, stick legs, and a little red hat. Children feed it nuts and dried fruit for weeks, keep it warm under a blanket, and then on Christmas Eve, they beat it with sticks while singing songs commanding it to...
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