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It’s all about that contango


The perfect film for your surprisingly cool younger cousin, your grandparents, and that one relative who’s way too smart.


Here the battle lines that continue to divide Libya — more than three years after the US and its allies intervened against Qaddafi.


Here are three things you need to know.


What tradition? First families eat whatever they want.


The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is the longest running animal census on Earth.


Welcome to the science of (non-)spoilage.


Tiny, upside-down trees and thermostabilized turkey


The mistake is one of multiple errors the CDC has made this year, including dozens of workers accidentally exposed to anthrax.


St. Louis County police say the victim was armed, and aimed a gun at the officer


Happy holidays, everyone.


For some reason, in the film Kim Jong Un insists that he “has a butthole.”


Portraying the movie as an act of defiance against Kim Jong Un buys into his propaganda and helps him stay in power.


“It all happened like this: one very windy day last November my hood blew off and went and stuck on the top of the North Pole.”


Defecation in the nativity scene doesn’t mock Christianity — it helps explain it.