2013
Watch a Supercomputer's Fever Dream of the Chelyabinsk Asteroid Flameout
Understanding the dynamics of asteroid airbursts will make us better prepared for them.
Three Toronto Cops Charged with Assault, But That’s Basically All They’ll Tell Us
The Special Investigations Unit has known for over a year about the alleged 2013 incident involving constables John Darnell, Piara Dhaliwal, and Adam Morris.
If You Can't Grow a Beard Like These, You Might as Well Shave
Christophe Gateau's photos from the 2013 World Beard and Moustache Championships.
Chris Cain from We Are Scientists Says That Releasing 'Barbara' Was Akin to Bowling a Gutter-Ball
And then he told us a joke.
2013 Was a Big Year for Executions According to the Amnesty International Annual Report
According to the review, at least 778 people were put to death in 22 countries in 2013, and these numbers don’t even include China, which is said to have carried out more executions than the rest of the world put together.
King Kendrick Lamar
“My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.” King Kendrick Lamar.
Nick Gazin Just Sent Us His Best Of 2013 Photos
Once every season or year, as the case may be, we put up a batch of "best of" photos from our resident comic dweeb and amateur picture-taker, Nick Gazin. This year, Nick was especially lackadaisical about filing, sending us his pictures a little over...
Just Some of the Things We Liked in 2013
Whatever kind of year it was for you or for everyone, the stuff it gave us was plentiful, and not all terrible.
12 Good Commercials I Found by Accident
I say that I stumbled on these ads "by accident” because it’s my job, my ongoing mission, to find the absolute worst ads in the world. So enjoy these gems, because next week, it’s back to the same old manufactured vitriol.
What Do Romanians and Bulgarians in the UK Think of the Imminent 'Flood' of New Romanians and Bulgarians?
Turns out they don't like benefit claimants any more than Daily Mail readers do.