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If We Can Make Animals Smarter, Should We?
In science fiction stories, research can accidentally create super-intelligent animal species. As the ability to alter animals’ brains grows, some say we should be wary of fiction becoming reality.
Cops Love to Falsely Claim People Have Messed With Their Food
Why we’re often the ones getting messed with when police officers make food-tampering claims.
These Are the Dumbest Drug Moments of the Last 100 Years
From hippies attempting to levitate the Pentagon to the ‘10-Guy’ meme, here’s our list of the stupidest drug-related incidents of the last century.
Everything Is Innovative When You Ignore the Past
As it invents the future, Silicon Valley has never cared much about the past. Maybe it’s afraid of what it might find.
Silicon Valley Wants You to Drink Dirty Water
Alkaline water, gluten-free water, crystal-infused water—you can get any type of water you like, provided you’re willing to pay.
Smart People Acting Stupid Are Ruining It for the Actually Stupid
Some people think it’s ‘cool’ now to be stupid; I’d argue that it always was.
This Artist Uses Self-Portraiture to Rethink What Beauty Can Be
Photographer Genie Kausto shares colorful new work that takes inspiration “from the wrong places” and embraces stupidity.
The Real-Life Bill and Ted Are Trying to Make You Political
'Chad Kroeger' and JT Parr have made their name rolling into city council meetings with ridiculous demands—like a 2nd Fourth of July—but they’re not just trying to make people laugh.
Bad Hats, Riots, and the Unifying Phenomenon of a Truly Stupid Meme
A 19th century trend for tearing off unfashionable hats and throwing them in the gutter shows how stupid trends can bring us together.
Why 30-50 Feral Hogs Went Viral After Two Mass Tragedies
It may be a stupid meme, but dumb jokes are important to our survival.
Cartoonish, Impractical, Dumb: The Controversial Ascent of Snowblading
Doc Roberts is on a mission to bring snowblades, or very short skis, to the mainstream. The question is, will anyone take him seriously?
What It's Like to Be the Only Person on Earth
For years, photographer Agusta Yr imagined a world where she was alone. So she made it real.