Space Cadets: 400 People Volunteer for One-Way Trip to Mars
Sure, being one of the first people to land on Mars would be pretty cool. But what if you couldn’t come back to Earth to brag about it? Much of the buzz surrounding two scientists’ proposed trip to...
View ArticleDown With Daft Punk, Long Live Duran Duran: Coachella 2011 Skimps on the...
All right, Internet. It’s finally time to stop with the Coachella rumors and speculation. The lineup for the sun-soaked festival in Indio, California on April 15-17 has been announced, the conversation...
View Article5-Foot Monitor Lizard Caught Roaming California Neighborhood
There wasn’t any California lovin’ for a massive lizard roaming in Riverside. When animal services officer Jenny Selter got a call Tuesday night citing a “large” lizard roaming a Riverside condominium...
View Article‘What Is Internet?’ Web Surfers Discover, Ruthlessly Mock 1994 ‘Today Show’...
“What is Internet, anyway?”A young, bespectacled Bryant Gumbel asks in a ‘Today Show’ clip from 1994. “Do you write to it, like mail?” File this one with other preciously naive quotes like Ted Stevens’...
View ArticleFlowers and Candy? Nyet: Russian Province Nixes Valentine’s Day
And you thought you hated this sappy holiday more than anyone. Authorities in the Russian province of Belgorod have deemed the lovers’ holiday a threat to “spiritual security” and claim that the...
View ArticleArcade Fire, Eminem, Buffalo Springfield Top Bonnaroo Lineup
It seems that a lot of people haven’t heard of Arcade Fire, but that didn’t stop them from winning a Grammy for Album of the Year. But while that win was certainly surprising, their just-announced...
View ArticleMeme Alert: Thom Yorke Dances His Way into the Mainstream
Hipsters, take note–there’s nothing more ironic than Thom Yorke whipping his hair back and forth. After last week’s flurry of Radiohead-induced press over their new album, The King of Limbs, and the...
View ArticleMemes on Screen: YouTube’s Most Famous to Star in (Probably Terrible) Movie
Hide your kids, hide your wife — a film starring YouTube phenoms is heading to screens bigger than your MacBook. (More on TIME.com: Antoine Dodson Gets His Own Reality Show) The trailer for The...
View Article‘Winning’ the Internet: 7 Charlie Sheen Memes We’ve Been Expecting
New Yorker Cartoons! Baby Sloths! Motivational Posters! Internet, meet Charlie Sheen.
View ArticleHipster Disney Villains? You’ve Probably Never Heard of Them
Hipster Ariel swam onto our radar a few weeks back — but then she got a Twitter, a lot of publicity and basically sold out. Now she’s just way too mainstream. Good thing there’s nothing more subversive...
View ArticleCuddly Controversy: Sochi 2014 Olympic Mascot Choices Mired in Political Debate
Vladimir Putin loves (big) cats. In fact, he loves them so much that he’s accused of rigging a popular vote in order to get a snow leopard on the ballot. As the Russians gear up for the 2014 Winter...
View Article‘King Philip IV’ Stages Unauthorized Autograph Signing in Improv Everywhere...
Usually, the subjects of Renaissance paintings don’t appear live in person to sign autographs at the Met. But one afternoon at New York City’s Museum of Metropolitan Art, it appeared that King Philip...
View ArticleAdventures in Product Placement: Ke$ha Releases Thousands of Custom Condoms
Sure, we could say that America’s favorite Jack-swigging, garbage bag-wearing pop star is the poster girl for reckless behavior. But at least this time she’s encouraging you to don something besides...
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