Dozens have evacuated as lava from Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island works its way down to Pahoa. The lava is moving at a rate of about 20 yards an hour, and according to NBC News, is about "less than the length of a football field" away from the nearest home.

[Mount Etna just won't stop erupting. The latest lava spectacle shot up this weekend, spewing ash and shutting down Catania's airport in eastern Sicily. According to NBC, Mt. Etna produces enough lava each year to fill the Willis Tower in Chicago. Photo by Salvatore Allegra via AP.]

Here's the thing about dying in lava, which everyone seems to fuck up: You do not sink into like you're in a swimming pool (looking at you, Gollum from Lord of the Rings). You do not instantly melt into goo on contact (Volcano subway guy). Density and viscosity doesn't work that way. Just let Wired explain to you the right way to die in lava.

Mt. Etna's been busy! The largest active volcano in Europe erupted on Wednesday night, sending lava down its ridge. The eruption only lasted an hour, and didn't pose a threat, but boy did it make for some pretty visuals.

Real-time headline-reactions: "Plane misses runway in east Congo..." Well, it happens."...landing in lava." CHRIST.