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CNN News Anchors Question Validity of Terrifying Guatemalan Sinkhole

Andrew Tatreau-Sherwood · 06/01/10 10:13AM

After pondering the perfectly cylindrical sinkhole caused by heavy rainfall in Guatemala City, meteorologist, Jacqui Jeras confirmed its authenticity, then ended the segment with suspicions about underground construction. Is she hinting at a government conspiracy? Who's really behind this? Aliens?

BBC's Life Humbles Even the Mighty Oprah

Mike Byhoff · 03/21/10 10:12PM

A grand, sweeping overview of the inhabitants of our world, Life picks up right where Planet Earth left off. It's a show that makes one happy to own a TV. And it's also narrated by Oprah!

Don't Swim in Drowney Lake

Jill Lawson · 03/12/10 04:36PM

Poor Dan Drowney. All the man wants to do is film a simple commercial for his lake, but people just wont stop drowning. How frustrating!

Man to Nature: FU

Mike Byhoff · 01/06/10 10:14AM

What a beautiful sight. Serene sunset, tall grasses, a view for miles and...HEY! What's that stupid tree doing in the way?!

Owned By Nature... Sort Of

David Matthews · 12/31/09 11:30AM

The Germans really know how to do their public pranks. Why couldn't they have done this on Punk'd? "Take that Alfred Molina!"

Nature Cover Nurtured

Hamilton Nolan · 10/02/08 02:30PM

Nature's front and back covers. Really now. Coincidence? Or RACISM and ELITISM and possibly SPECIESISM at work? It does, however, raise a good point about dogs' noses and the candidates' positions on them, and how that relates to science. [ATO via AnimalNY]

Eco-Hippies Mourn Dead Trees—To the Extreme!

ian spiegelman · 09/06/08 09:41AM

Yes, deforestation is a terrible problem and may ruin the earth, but this is just a bit much. Members of the environmentalist group Earth First communed in the woods of North Carolina recently to scream and cry at the tops of their lungs for the brethren flora. Either that, or some hoaxers created a prank video to make Earth First look even whackier than it already has with its "tree sits" and such. I can't decide. Judge for yourself after the jump.