Men & Chicken (review)

Men & Chicken is a silly, absurd, juvenile, crass piece of entertainment, filled with slapstick humour, cartoon violence, and a plethora of jokes about masturbation. I loved it. Where else will you get the chance to see Mads Mikkelsen, an actor whose specialty is fierce intelligence, play dumb? You can read my review for Film […]

Math Damon (updated)

In space no one can hear you scream. Not a bad thing if you have to listen to disco every day for a year.

You know, sometimes the headline just writes itself: Ancient Fossil Named After Mick Jagger

Paleontologists think the mammal “used its sensitive snout to forage along river banks, scooping up plants with its lower teeth and large lips.” Jagger, meanwhile, forages in nightclubs to scoop out supermodels

The First Photo of the Moon: March 23rd, 1840

By Niall McArdle On March 23rd 1840 pioneering photographer John William Draper took the first detailed photograph of the Moon, using a daguerreotype, clearly showing the surface and its craters. Draper’s photo confirmed what had only been sketched in astronomical drawings Draper is also credited with taking the first clear photograph of a female face, […]

On This Day in History – March 21st, 1925: Tennessee Outlaws Teaching of Evolution

By Niall McArdle On March 21st, 1925, Tennessee senator John Washington Butler introduced an act that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools. That it shall be unlawful for any teacher in any of the Universities, Normals and all other public schools of the State which are supported in whole or in part by […]

Darwin Day

By Niall McArdle Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin. Today is Darwin Day and you can read ALL of his writings for free here. You can also see winners of the Darwin Awards here

The Fluff Is Raging

Flufferings on Arts, Culture and the Perpetual Allure of Uma Thurman by an Irish ex-pat currently at large in Canada