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Which Tween Star Had an Abortion?

Brian Moylan · 01/17/11 10:56AM

Then she dumped the guy who knocked her up. This Real Housewife loves coke, this actor likes to film friends bedding porn stars, and this actress doesn't know who knocked her up. Apparently celebs can expect drama when they're expecting.

Smoking Trashes Your Genes in Minutes

Max Read · 01/17/11 01:02AM

A new study has found that smoking a cigarette can cause genetic damage within minutes—so quickly it's "equivalent to injecting [pollutants] directly into the bloodstream." But, obviously, injecting terrible chemicals directly into your bloodstream won't make you cool.

We Could Have Real-Live Mammoths in 2015

Max Read · 01/16/11 10:12PM

A Japanese scientist says he can clone a real, actual woolly mammoth sometime within the next "four or five years." Did they not ever release Jurassic Park in Japan, or what?

Blood on the Carpet: Highlights of Golden Globe Fashion

Richard Lawson · 01/16/11 09:05PM

Tonight the stars strode the red carpet dressed in their finest, while us commoners admired their fancy adornments and luxurious fabrics. Here is a sampling of the best and worst of their garmentry.

Acid-Tripping Housewife Can 'See All the Molecules'

Max Read · 01/16/11 08:44PM

As every college student knows, there is almost nothing funnier than watching a person try to narrate her acid trips. Especially when that person is a housewife in the year 1956. As she says, "I can see all the molecules!"

Protesting College Student Pays Tuition In Dollar Bills

Adrian Chen · 01/16/11 05:15PM

University of Colorado sophomore Nic Ramos paid off his entire $14,309.51 tuition with a 33-pound duffel bag of cash—dollar bills and change. He did this to show how expensive college is, or something.

Webcam-Controlled Guns Discovered In Georgia Woods

Adrian Chen · 01/16/11 03:10PM

Some overeager hunter in Georgia hooked up a bunch of shotguns to be fired via webcam. A state wildlife employee found the rig last fall and reported it to the Department of Homeland Security. We're never leaving the house again.

4chan Is Not Very Scary In Real Life

Adrian Chen · 01/15/11 04:45PM

What's the Internet's scariest hivemind like in real life? A bunch of geeky twenty-somethings hanging out in a bar in Brooklyn. This is what I learned last night at the first official meetup for the notorious message board 4chan.

What's Opening in Theaters Today

Richard Lawson · 01/14/11 06:45PM

Here in bleakest winter it's nice to have things to look forward to. Like movies! Let's take a look at what movies are coming out today, from green hornets to adultery dilemmas to Thai martial artists.

The Beautiful Decay of New York's Forgotten Island

Brian Moylan · 01/14/11 05:18PM

North Brother Island is in the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island. It was used until the '40s as a quarantine hospital, but has been abandoned and closed to the public since then. Now it's a spectacular ruin.