Bad Last Minute Gift Idea: Counterfeit Botox

Taylor Berman · 12/24/12 06:00PM

If you'd considered getting or giving "wrinkle treatment" as holiday gift, perhaps you should reconsider. Of course, there are many reasons why you should reconsider but here's the most urgent one: Last month, the FDA sent a letter to 350 doctors warning them that they may have received counterfeit or unsafe Botox from a Canadian supplier.

Taylor Berman · 12/24/12 05:25PM

For the first time, Queen Elizabeth's annual Christmas address will be broadcast in 3D.

The Day We Became Cynical: How Did You Find Out Santa Isn't Real?

Gawker Staff · 12/24/12 03:00PM

Every child eventually experiences that crushing day when he or she realizes that Santa Claus, that totally implausible overweight gift-giver, is (SPOILER) not real. For those of us who thrive on cynicism, it's almost difficult to remember a time when we could be so joyfully naive—it took us a few years to realize that everything is horrible. Here, we've gathered our stories of the day our innocence died. Please share your own in the comments.

Leah Beckmann · 12/24/12 12:35PM

We're teetering on the edge of a milk and meat cliff: the price of beef and milk might increase 3-4 percent next year.

The 15 Most Powerful Chuck Grassley Tweets of 2012

Max Read · 12/24/12 11:30AM

Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, is one of the Senate's most tech-savvy members. He's been on Twitter since 2007, connecting with constituents and sharing his thoughts on a variety of important issues. Here are some of his most powerful tweets from the past year.

Petition to Deport Piers Morgan Over Gun Control Stance Gains Enough Signatures to Elicit White House Response

Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/24/12 09:00AM

"6,600 Americans have currently signed the petition to deport me - meaning 311,993,400 clearly want me to stay," CNN personality Piers Morgan tweeted on Saturday in response to a We the People petition launched on Friday by pro-gun advocates who seek to ship Morgan back across the pond over his outspoken views in favor of more gun control in the aftermath of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Taylor Berman · 12/23/12 09:49PM

The Hobbit led the box office with $36.7 million while Zero Dark Thirty tortured its way to $410,000 in just 5 theaters.

Your Belly Button Is Filthy

Taylor Berman · 12/23/12 09:22PM

Here's some happy news for germaphobes: your belly button, or "umbilicus" as scientists call it, is absolutely filthy, with over 2,000 different types of bacteria living in it. As ABC News puts it, this "means you have more kinds of bacteria in your belly button than there are different kinds of ants or birds in North America."

West Antarctic Ice Sheets Warming Twice as Fast as Previously Thought

Taylor Berman · 12/23/12 08:12PM

Considering 2012 was the hottest year on record pretty much anywhere, this should come as no surprise but: over the past 50 years, temperatures in West Antarctica have risen almost twice as much as scientists previously believed. According to a new paper released by Nature Geoscience, the average annual temperature at the Byrd research center in central West Antarctica has increased by 4.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1958, which is not only twice as much as previous estimates but also three times the average change worldwide, making the area "one of the fastest-warming regions on earth."