Puppy, Baby Cuddle

Dayna Evans · 07/26/14 12:45PM

If the headline of this story didn't reveal enough, perhaps sixteen seconds of heavenly audiovisuals will give you the kick of endorphins you've been searching for. A baby, 10-week old Eisleigh, and a puppy, 8-week-old Clyde, demonstrate what cuddling should look like. All up in your face, like real close.

Here's A Full List of the New Season 5 Game of Thrones Characters

Dayna Evans · 07/26/14 08:30AM

Well, nerds, your favorite show is about to get favorite-r. While the current cast of HBO's Game of Thrones pranced around San Diego's Comic-Con on Friday, HBO took the time to announce all the new characters and cast members who will be appearing in season five. Exciting!

Adam Weinstein · 07/25/14 03:58PM

Proven theory: Nothing sets white commenters off faster than offhandedly mentioning the phenomenon of "mainly white people dancing to reggae music" in your Jimmy Cliff concert review.

Who Killed a Nationally Renowned Blogging Law Professor in His Home?

Adam Weinstein · 07/25/14 03:38PM

It had been a quiet summer in Tallahassee, Florida's capital. Lawmakers and students from the local universities were mostly out of town. But last week, one of the city's most notable and well-liked citizens was killed with a single shot to the head, and no one yet knows why.

Check Your Brain, Check Out Hers: Lucy

Rich Juzwiak · 07/25/14 03:22PM

Luc Besson's Lucy is a movie about a woman who can access 100 percent of her brain that asks you the viewer to use less of yours. The premise is based on the oft-repeated fallacy that humans only use 10 percent of their brains, and if we could only harness our full capacity, we'd be enlightened gods. Not only is this untrue (virtually 100 percent of a normally functioning brain is used for some aspect of cognitive, motor, or involuntary functioning), it is a cliché. There are dozens of examples on the "90% of your brain" TV Tropes entry of pop culture that reiterate this bogus claim. Lucy, in which large doses of a synthetic form of CPH4 cause the brain of Scarlett Johansson's titular protagonist to expand, then, is not so much sci-fi as it is fi-fi.

U.S. Army Mistakenly Mails Israel Missile Agreement to a Gawker Reader

Adam Weinstein · 07/25/14 02:00PM

Last night, Gawker got a tip from a longtime reader: "I get a lot of emails for a different person with the same name as me," the message said. "Someone who works in some capacity in the government. I don't know if this one I just received about Israel, missiles, etc is even a thing." Yes, it's a thing.