SNL Opens Its Season with a Star-Studded Dream Sequence

Matt Cherette · 09/26/10 02:19AM

SNL returned tonight for its 36th season, and Amy Poehler hosted the premiere. One of the episode's highlights was Poehler's monologue, during which a plethora of guest stars—including Justin Timberlake and TIna Fey—showed up for a dream sequence.

Reggie Watts Live at Bonnaroo

Christopher Han · 09/25/10 08:00PM

Reggie Watts fakes out an unsuspecting audience at 2010's Bonnaroo, who surely aren't familiar with his act. He runs through a half dozen false starts like a broken TV before delivering a mind-bending performance.

'Will I Become an Internet Meme If I Slap Her?'

Jeff Neumann · 09/25/10 03:54PM

[Two employees of the Russian Railways Moscow-Nice service train show restraint as a woman films them very up close after pulling into Nice Station, France today. Image via AP]

You Age More Slowly at Lower Elevations

Adrian Chen · 09/25/10 01:51PM

A new study shows the effects of Einstein's theory of relativity means time moves slower for someone at a lower elevation. But not by much: a foot of elevation earns you 90 billionths/of a second over 79 years. [National Geographic]

Wyoming Man Proven Wrong About Taser Theory

Jeff Neumann · 09/25/10 12:52PM

Police in Wyoming, responding to a domestic violence call, found the man they were looking for, Brian Mattert covered in paint. He warned police that a taser shock and water-based paint together would kill him. So they tased him.

Harvard Sailing Team: Boys Will Be Girls Night Out

Lauren Herstik · 09/25/10 12:30PM

The hilarious, deeply misogynistic follow-up to Boys Will Be Girls. Posits that "having fat thumbs" is a valid excuse for something, and that this things that we call love could fall apart in five seconds. If she doesn't text back.