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Chinese Cancer Villages Show The High Human Cost Of Industrialization

In November 2013, an eight-year-old girl from Jiangsu province became the youngest person in China to be diagnosed with lung cancer. While her doctors hesitated to draw a causal relationship between pollution and the girl’s cancer, they did say that it was likely due to prolonged exposure to airborne particles...

By Savannah Cox • Jan 22, 2015

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Chinese Cancer Villages Show The High Human Cost Of Industrialization

In November 2013, an eight-year-old girl from Jiangsu province became the youngest person in China to be diagnosed with lung cancer. While her doctors hesitated to draw a causal relationship between pollution and the girl’s cancer, they did say that it was likely due to prolonged exposure to airborne particles...

By Savannah Cox • January 22, 2015

Vintage Christmas Ads: Sexist, Offensive And Just Plain Weird

From chain-smoking Santa to gifting guns, these vintage Christmas ads are so offensive, sexist and bizarre that it's hard to believe they're real.

By Kiri Picone • Dec 22, 2014

Vintage Christmas Ads: Sexist, Offensive And Just Plain Weird

From chain-smoking Santa to gifting guns, these vintage Christmas ads are so offensive, sexist and bizarre that it's hard to believe they're real.

By Kiri Picone • December 22, 2014

The Five Absolute Worst Ways To Die

From slow, to strange, to unbelievably embarrassing, these are some of the worst ways to die.

By All That's Interesting • Sep 16, 2014

The Five Absolute Worst Ways To Die

From slow, to strange, to unbelievably embarrassing, these are some of the worst ways to die.

By All That's Interesting • September 16, 2014

4 Bizarre Festivals That Prove Human Eccentricities Know No Limits

Penises, dead geese, mattresses filled with children: these bizarre festivals are the best festivals.

By All That's Interesting • Sep 14, 2014

4 Bizarre Festivals That Prove Human Eccentricities Know No Limits

Penises, dead geese, mattresses filled with children: these bizarre festivals are the best festivals.

By All That's Interesting • September 14, 2014

You Won’t Believe How Bad Pollution In China Has Become

These unbelievable photographs reveal just how devastating pollution in China has become.

By Alexander Baldwin • Aug 27, 2014

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You Won’t Believe How Bad Pollution In China Has Become

These unbelievable photographs reveal just how devastating pollution in China has become.

By Alexander Baldwin • August 27, 2014

Stolen Youth: Child Brides Around The World

Under the guise of tradition, child brides around the world face a life of poverty, mistreatment and stolen opportunities.

By Leslie Maryann Neal • Aug 25, 2014

Stolen Youth: Child Brides Around The World

Under the guise of tradition, child brides around the world face a life of poverty, mistreatment and stolen opportunities.

By Leslie Maryann Neal • August 25, 2014

4 Of The Most Evil Science Experiments Ever Performed

At their best, scientists represent the best in humanity: intelligence, curiosity, and skeptical rigor. This allows scientists to do things that ordinary people wouldn’t be allowed to get away with. If a random person burst into your house with a bubbling test tube and shouted “Quick! Drink this!” you’d call...

By Richard Stockton • Aug 20, 2014

4 Of The Most Evil Science Experiments Ever Performed

At their best, scientists represent the best in humanity: intelligence, curiosity, and skeptical rigor. This allows scientists to do things that ordinary people wouldn’t be allowed to get away with. If a random person burst into your house with a bubbling test tube and shouted “Quick! Drink this!” you’d call...

By Richard Stockton • August 20, 2014

The 8 Ugliest Animals You’ll Ever Lay Eyes On

Ugliest Animals: Pangolin The pangolin is named after the Malay word, pengguling, which literally translates as “something that rolls up” – an apt title for this prickly creature. The pangolin’s aesthetically challenged “shell” is actually an amalgam of large, hardened, overlapping plate-like scales, which are made of keratin. The scales...

By Mamta Bhatt • Jul 8, 2014

The 8 Ugliest Animals You’ll Ever Lay Eyes On

Ugliest Animals: Pangolin The pangolin is named after the Malay word, pengguling, which literally translates as “something that rolls up” – an apt title for this prickly creature. The pangolin’s aesthetically challenged “shell” is actually an amalgam of large, hardened, overlapping plate-like scales, which are made of keratin. The scales...

By Mamta Bhatt • July 8, 2014

21 Shocking Images That Uncover The World Cup’s Dark Side

The FIFA World Cup is always a roller coaster of emotion. We root for our favorite teams, boo when the referees make terrible decisions and feel a deep, unalienable sense of nationalistic pride when our team fights for a win, despite all odds. Yet with all of the success and...

By Kiri Picone • Jun 29, 2014

21 Shocking Images That Uncover The World Cup’s Dark Side

The FIFA World Cup is always a roller coaster of emotion. We root for our favorite teams, boo when the referees make terrible decisions and feel a deep, unalienable sense of nationalistic pride when our team fights for a win, despite all odds. Yet with all of the success and...

By Kiri Picone • June 29, 2014

The Most WTF Science Experiments Ever Conducted

From trying to "cure" homosexuality to severing dogs' heads to study artificial lungs, we give you the most WTF science experiments known to humankind.

By All That's Interesting • Jun 9, 2014

The Most WTF Science Experiments Ever Conducted

From trying to "cure" homosexuality to severing dogs' heads to study artificial lungs, we give you the most WTF science experiments known to humankind.

By All That's Interesting • June 9, 2014