Real-Life Wolverine Claws Could Slice You in Half
By Samantha Murphy Kelly We’ve seen some pretty solid superpower recreations before, but these real-life Wolverine claws are on another level. Just a few days before X-Men: Days of Future Past hits...
View ArticleProtests Ignite in Brazil as World Cup Nears
By Colin Daileda Cities across Brazil were wracked by protests again on Friday as citizens try to bring attention to the injustices they feel surround World Cup construction. At least … More about...
View ArticleSTA Travel Cancels All ‘Unethical’ SeaWorld Tours
By Jessica Plautz The student travel agency STA Travel has announced it will no longer arrange trips that involve the unethical treatment of animals. They have stopped tours that include elephant...
View ArticleTeen Breaks Guinness World Record for Fastest Texting
By Ann-Marie Alcántara Many of us pride ourselves on being able to text while walking or while out at a bar, but one teenager has the best brag of all — he is now officially the world’s...
View ArticleInside the Push to Get All 32 World Cup Teams on Twitter
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Three soccer players from Iran’s World Cup team joined Twitter and obtained verified accounts on Thursday, which might not sound like big news until you remember that...
View ArticleAvengers Assemble for Terminal Cancer Patient’s ‘Winter Soldier’ Wish
By Josh Dickey In the heart-warming department, Tony Stark’s chest-piece has nothing on #CapForStrat. An alien-invasion-level assemblage of Marvel’s Avengers and other characters have now weighed in on...
View Article5 Arguments Against Net Neutrality
By Todd Wasserman When news of the Federal Communications Commissions’ plan to consider paid priority on the Internet hit Reddit, the question wasn’t so much whether the move was a good idea, it was...
View Article8.2 Million People Newly Displaced by Conflict in 2013
By Matt Petronzio A record 33.3 million people were internally displaced by conflict and violence in their home countries in 2013, according to a new report the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre...
View ArticleRealistic Mario: Yoshi Isn’t As Cuddly As You Think
By Andrea Romano Warning: This video contains some graphic cartoon violence. Don’t let Yoshi’s adorably 8-bit exterior fool you. In real life, he’d still be a ravenous carnivore. The team at The Pete...
View ArticleA Decade of Equality: Remembering the First Same-Sex Marriages in the U.S.
By Yohana Desta Saturday marks 10 years since same-sex marriage was first legalized in the United StatesMassachusetts was the first state to grant same-sex couples the right to marry, on May 17, 2004...
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