Links That Illustrate: May 20, 2013

One-Way Ticket to Mars, Beating Arachnophobia, and Second-Hand Pot

Need a little getaway? Want to leave earth never to return? Well, it could be your lucky ...

Links That Illustrate: May 13, 2013

Celebrity Food Requests, Inner Monologues, and Cotard's Delusion

How can we condemn evil but love evil people? Boston pastor Adam Mabry reflects in "Loving ...

Links That Illustrate: May 6, 2013

Celebrity Close-ups, Internal Monologues, and Apples, Apples, Apples.

Of the hundreds of varieties of heirloom apples, only a few make it into your grocery ...

Pro Baseball Pitcher Returns $500,000

Jeremy Affeldt, a (now retired) relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, discovered a clerical error that caused him to be overpaid by half a million ...

Candy Isn't Bad for You … Says Study Funded By Candy Companies

According to a study funded by the National Confectioners Association, candy-eating really isn't as bad as you've heard. The study claims that ...

Links That Illustrate: April 29, 2013

The Icy Finger of Death, Homeless Jesus, and a Rogue Dentist.

It's a sad, strange story, but autistic man Christopher Crist's dentist apparently pulled ...

Links That Illustrate: April 22, 2013

Robo-girlfriend coat, "Garbage Patch State," and a Liberal Gun Nut

For the lonely among us, this robotic coat "hugs you like a real girlfriend." Another ...

Links That Illustrate: April 15, 2013

Laser guns, Counterfeit Poodles, and Alien Spy Cats.

These "pedigree small dogs" are actually ferrets pumped full of steroids and groomed to look like ...

Links That Illustrate: April 8, 2013

Meatloaf Donuts, Google Glass, and a Fake Film

This Waffle House employee was too good at her April Fool's prank. After staging a 911 call and reporting ...

‘Inefficient’ Does Not Mean ‘Waste of Time’

"One could say my Ph.D. in English and American literature has garnered me exactly nothing in terms of practical, worldly rewards …" ...