If a futurist’s rhetoric about the coming age of living forever seems exciting, a team of researchers are throwing some cold water on the idea. In a discovery that just makes sense, a new study published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that extending life most likely just means extending that shitty part when you […]
At this point, the medicinal benefits of cannabis are widely accepted, with even CNN’s top doctor touting its positives and NIDA opening up to discussing its therapeutic value. However, one sticking point remains: is it safe to smoke? As noted by Medical Daily, “if smoking cigarettes, or basically anything else, can damage the lungs, then […]
Whatever your thoughts on Occupy Wall Street, the protesters were right about at least one thing: The richest one percent own a disproportionate amount of wealth, and they must be stopped. In a new report released by poverty-fighting charity Oxfam, it’s estimated that by next year the one percent will own more than half of […]
Illma Gore is a self-proclaimed street artist who wants your name on her body. For the introductory price of $10 she’ll permanently tattoo a name or one to two words on her skin. After briefly being taken down without explanation, her crowdfunding campaign was reinstated last week and it has passed its $6,000 goal. A […]
It’s every New Yorker’s fear that the city’s legion of rats will one day unite, revolt, and take over the city. The mangy beasts creep in alleyways, garbage cans, and subway tracks, waiting silently for their day of reckoning to arrive. In the shadows, they train. And now we have proof. Thank you to Redditor […]
The anti-Tinder has arrived and it has the hilariously dystopian, Silicon Valley-friendly name: pplkpr. More than just a dating app, pplkpr (pronounced “people keeper”), is a service that aims to monitor your real life interactions with people and eventually it blocks them on social media or schedules a date with them based on the information […]
Girl Talk is getting some competition from the movie-mashup-maestros at Eclectic Method. The group’s latest piece gets out of the movie remix world, sticking with a straight cuisinart blend of nearly a hundred hip hop tracks into one seamless whole. If you’re thinking that’s nothing new, or in the words of Clipse, “Ok, everybody meet Mr. […]
Associate Press journalist Hal Boyle was a hero. The old school newsman died in 1974 at the age of 63, but not before he churned out 7,680 columns, winning a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting as a war correspondent during WWII. But one of his greatest achievements, in my eyes, were his prescient articles reporting […]
Anyone headed to JFK or Newark airports soon has a chance to travel like a boss. A new service that bills itself as the “Uber of helicopters” is offering rides from Manhattan for as low as $99. Depending on the service used, pickup location and traffic, a taxi or car can cost in the range of […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Edapt, a generator of toothy pop culture portraits and other odd, sometimes ghoulish characters. Name/Alias: Edapt Decade you were born in: The 1980s City you currently live: Brooklyn Drugs or natural highs? Both How did you get your […]
