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Earthquake! Quick, everyone into the $6,000 earthquake-proof bed!

When there is an earthquake most people run to a table or a doorway to ride it out. But if the people at Shinto Industries have their way, the new go-to destination for seismic activity will be this bed, made out of aged cedar and reinforced with special metal fittings.

Free-market hypocrisy: Why do we hold renewables to different standards?

Calls for a "free-market" approach to energy ignore the fact that recent incentives for renewables are no different than the perks fossil fuels and nuclear energy have enjoyed for decades.

Energy and environment in the GOP platform: They said what?

We read the whole 62-page Republican platform so you don't have to. Here are the good bits, by which we mean the bad bits.

Tiny bugs are pooping in your face

You know what? We changed our mind. Stop saving the planet and BURN IT. Because we don’t want to live in a world where rosacea is caused by the feces-bloated torsos of mites that live inside your pores. Sadly, that’s exactly the world we live in, as researchers from the National University of Ireland have […]

The hurricane (Isaac) is dead. Long live the hurricane (Kirk).

And waiting in the wings -- Leslie, the second-earliest "L" storm in history.

8-year-old gets rich off whale vomit and decides to open an animal shelter

Charlie Naysmith is the sort of kid who, when he unexpectedly finds a rock-like substance worth tens of thousands of dollars, donates it all to help animals.

Al Gore condemns media for dropping the ball on climate change coverage

The Goracle had some harsh words for the press after its tepid reaction to news of record Arctic ice melt.

This cute kid is BFFs with a bunch of marmots

Marmots are not known for being particularly friendly. This famous scene in The Big Lebowski demonstrates quickly and comprehensively what humans can generally expect from marmots, i.e. they look nice and then they will fuck your shit up in a bathtub. But this little boy, Matteo Walch, is basically the Marmot Whisperer. He visits the Austrian […]

This weird biking/running harness is part transportation, part torture device

We were dusting off our “I” files today and came across this treasure under “inexplicable inventions.” What is this? Well. First of all, it’s called a Fliz, and it’s kind of like a bike, but you strap it around your shoulders like a harness and then power it with your feet. Basically, it’s a cross between […]

Here’s a guy riding a bicycle the size of a shoe

This Russian video shows a man riding a teeny-tiny bicycle like he’s a bear in the circus. It is mesmerizing.