Freeze Frame

Whitney Jefferson · 11/01/10 08:00AM

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

Male Spiders Dig Virgins

Jeff Neumann · 11/01/10 06:46AM

Scientists have concluded that male wasp spiders, who only get laid once or twice during their short lives, prefer to do it with virgins. Is that really so much to ask for, since they're usually eaten by their partners? [LiveScience]

Star of Bumfights No Longer a Bum

Max Read · 11/01/10 02:44AM

Remember Bumfights, the deeply depressing 2002 video featuring homeless men goaded into doing stupid things like fighting each other and getting "Bumfights" tattoos? Well, the video's biggest "star" isn't a bum anymore—though he still has his infamous tattoo.

Alcohol Causes More Harm Than Heroin

Max Read · 11/01/10 12:29AM

According to a new study from a former UK chief drugs adviser, alcohol is more harmful to users and to wider society than heroin or crack, and all three are far more harmful than cannabis, ecstasy, or magic mushrooms.

Lost in Migration

Max Read · 10/31/10 11:32PM

[Cranes flying south for the winter, at sunset in Germany. Photo via AP.]

Jon Dore On The Words We Can't Use

Dan Grappone · 10/31/10 08:00PM

In the English language, there are words that have multiple meanings. Jon Dore shows us that a handful of these words have been ruined for future use, by racists, who use them in ways not originally intended.

Hamsters in Balls Act in Synchronized Motion

Christopher Han · 10/31/10 05:00PM

With a little bit of clever video editing, these hamsters start in a 3 x 3 formation and disperse randomly. Then they get their act together and do whatever it is that hamsters in balls do: be really cute.