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Rosie O'Donnell lashes out at feminists over 'The Vagina Monologues'
Perhaps if Rosie O'Donnell had done a little background reading on The Vagina Monologues creator Eve Ensler, she would have been more prepared for the Twitter firestorm she unleashed yesterday by...
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The Super Mario speedrunning record was demolished 5 times in one week
Thanks to an amazing bit of hacking that warps players straight to the end of Super Mario World, the game's speedrunning record has now been broken five times in a week by a single player.Ever since...
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Why Joyce Carol Oates is completely wrong about 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
By now, astute readers know that no good can come of seeing the words "Joyce Carol Oates" and "Twitter" in the same sentence. The matriarch of modern American fiction may be a perennial frontrunner...
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Can you solve this 5-year-old's homework assignment?
Tumblr user justspirky sent thousands of people into a state of confusion and chaos this week—or rather, her 5-year-old brother's kindergarten homework did.Justspirky, also known as Morgan, forensics...
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Texas school sparks outrage by threatening to expel gay teen vlogger
Last month, 17-year-old Austin Wallis was asked by his high school principal to delete the YouTube channel he shares with his boyfriend, Nicolay Sysyn. When he refused, he was given the option of...
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Everything we know about the Big Bang could be wrong
Could the Big Bang theory be wrong? A proposed new model of the universe argues yes—the universe has no origin point at all.In science, the theories with the most staying power are the ones that...
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Hubble Space Telescope finds a smiley face in the night sky
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may be a whopping 25 years old, but it's still delivering service with a smile.The high-powered telescope that's continually sent us incredible pictures of the universe...
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Missouri municipal courts sued for unjust jail sentences
St. Louis area defense attorneys are so used to minor offenses that lead to jail time these days they've coined a name for them: "poverty violations." In Ferguson, Mo., and the nearby city of Jennings,...
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Scribd partners with Marvel and other companies to launch the Netflix of comics
Marvel and reading-subscription service Scribd announced yesterday that comics lovers everywhere can finally read all they want for $8.99 per month.Marvel is one of several comics publishers to join...
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Here's what Earth's gravitational field and potatoes have in common
OK, kids. Today we're going to talk about gravity. And potatoes. Thanks to Newton, we all know that what comes up must come down. But did you know that what comes down comes down with just slightly...
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Your guide to the greatest heroines of young adult fiction
Do YA heroines matter? We all know what kind of impact characters like Katniss and Hermione had on their worlds. But what about the impact they have on ours?As we adjust to the new year, we welcome...
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Groom-to-be lives out dream of being Rambo for his bachelor party
Nothing says "Best Man" like letting the groom shoot you with a potato gun while acting out his ultimate fantasy of becoming Sylvester Stallone.Then again, these groomsmen, along with everyone in...
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How a bunch of 'Adventure Time' fans pulled off the greatest art exhibit ever
What do you get when you combine Adventure Time, World of Warcraft, a bunch of professional video game artists who really like sci-fi and Plan 9 from Outer Space?Only the coolest art exhibit ever....
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Someone put a Harry Potter 'Monster Book of Monsters' cover on their senior...
Meet the Monster Book of Monsters.If you're a Harry Potter fan, you already know it, love it, and quite probably fear it.Yeah, yeah, unless you're Draco Malfoy.The Muggle world is full of tutorials on...
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This video about a 9-year-old trans boy will break your heart
When Renée Fabish realized her 9-year-old son Milla Brown was being bullied and harassed at school, she decided to help him broadcast his plea for acceptance.Fabish created a moving video explanation...
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Blogging baker turns to 'Sailor Moon' for culinary inspiration
What's better than a moon cake?A Sailor Moon cake, of course.And what's better than a Sailor Moon cake? Ten Sailor Moon cakes, all inspired by the iconic Sailor Scouts. When they're not hard at work...
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A Doctor Who fan uses special effects to send the TARDIS through a wormhole
An obsessive Whovian has just brought us one step closer to visualizing what "wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey" actually looks like with an incredible video of the TARDIS going through a wormhole.A fan named...
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Hasbro finally lets you build a lightsaber as intense as your 'Star Wars' fandom
Hasbro is introducing a new Star Wars toy that will make all our dreams of fantasy lightsaber-building come true.The toy company has announced that it will release a special product line of...
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Terry Crews dances and paints in a 'Sesame Street' PSA about creativity
Sesame Street wants you to know that it's okay to call yourself an artist, because art describes a lot of things.To help get that message across, the Count and his sparkly assistant Abby Cadabby...
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'Harry Potter' star Tom Felton is making a documentary about the fans
Draco Malfoy may have mellowed out in his old age, but his real-life counterpart, Tom Felton, has always been in love with us Muggles.Felton is so enamored with Harry Potter fans that in April he'll be...
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