Science

A wise man once said that science is like the blabbermouth who ruins the ending to a movie. Science just has a way of ruining things: dreams of flying cars, religious dogma and even our beloved cinematic aliens…

Science fiction paints robots as hi-tech futuristic creations, but robots (or “automatons” for those of us with a pinch of class) are much older than most

Every god damn science-fiction movie it’s the same thing, with aliens coming to Earth and always landing in America. What’s so great about America? There

It's been a joke for as long as we've had those ridiculous drug ads of people frolicking in a field while an announcer motormouths his way through all the legal

Ever since the first caveman lifted more mammoth feces than the rest of his tribe that one time, mankind has been in a race to show off just how strong and

Is laughter the best medicine? Almost definitely not. Should that stop you from reading about the bizarre side effects of disorders that are, themselves, bizarre? We don’t think it should.

We don't actually get most of our drugs from labs, believe it or not. No, we get most of our drugs from the natural world, namely plants. And most of those

There are a number of strange phobias and obsessive disorders than can affect people, and then there are those that made this list. Through years of intense

It’s natural to be scared of things. After all, it’d be a little ludicrous to never get frightened, whether your fears revolve around sharks, snakes, spiders, death, or, most understandably of all, clowns. But even with the often very reasonable and understandable phobias out there, people have reportedly been terrified of the most peculiar and seemingly innocuous things imaginable over the years,

For as long as man has walked the earth, and has any technical aptitude, he's really wanted to make all sorts of cool stuff. We're pretty sure most weapons