14-year old Seattle cancer patient turned Make-A-Wish-Foundation superhero Erik Martin sadly succumbed to his disease (HEY -- FUCK YOU CANCER, SERIOUSLY) Friday, and yes, I'm writing this by touch because I can't see the screen. Rest in peace, Erik, you will be missed. Electr... / Continue →

Lyndon Baty has polycystic kidney disease, leaving him with "virtually no immune system". FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. For the last year, he's been unable to have any social contact with friends and peers (besides Faceybooks). But now, thanks to a robotic "avatar" on wheels, he attends ... / Continue →

Remember the video of the cats with fainting goat syndrome? Well here's an edit of the video with the little guys getting laser blasted and falling over. I can't tell if actually makes me feel better or worse, but I just loved those kitties so much I thought I'd post it. Als... / Continue →

This is a video of two kittens born with Myotonia Congenita, aka "Fainting Goat Syndrome". It's by far the cutest/saddest thing you'll see all day (particularly the fall at 0:47) :( at the slightest sound, the kittens respond by collapsing and falling into a rigid paralysis w... / Continue →

So some scientists believe that the BP oil spill may be creating a buildup of methane capable of exploding and causing a mass extinction not unlike the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum that went down 55 million years ago and (arguably) the Permian extinction event from 251 millio... / Continue →

13-year-old Erik Martin is living with liver cancer. And last week the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation made his dreams come true by turning him into a superhero for a day. YES I'M CRYING. Thursday was shaping up to be just another school day for 13-year-old Erik ... / Continue →

I didn't even know there was a debate but apparently some scientists were convinced dinosaurs were killed by volcanic activity and not an asteroid. Those are the dumb scientists. Scientific opinion was split over whether the extinction was caused by an asteroid or by volcan... / Continue →

This is a video of a tree which, unable to cope with the unruly birds and squirrels that have taken up residence in its branches, has decided to off itself with the help of a nearby power line. It's almost as painful to watch as your apartment building going up in flames becau... / Continue →

Now I'm not saying this is the best way to explain to your daughter what happened to Mr. Fluffernutter, I'm just saying I can't think of a better one. Your parents: be thankful I'm not one of them. EXCEPT I TOTALLY AM. Your other father and I made you! Picture Thanks to Yo... / Continue →

Apparently some people are worried that the earth might get struck by an asteroid at some point in time and screw up humankind's plans to eff this world up on our own. Yeah -- who invited you, asteroid?! So what do we do? Build a Gravity Tractor (suck it, John Deere!) to ave... / Continue →