Scientists have figured out how to convert all blood types to O, the universal blood type, using gut bacteria. If the process holds up to more testing, blood transfusions can be much easier. A huge African wildlife reserve reported zero dead elephants for the past year. Thousands of elephants have been killed in this Mozambique …

We need to start with The Man himself: Keanu Reeves. There’s been a whole subreddit devoted to him for awhile, but now the rest of the world is waking up to his awesomeness. That’s why this Octavia Spencer story is back making the rounds: The next video takes a bit of a darker turn. Eighteen …

To celebrate Memorial Day, whoever runs the U.S. Army Twitter account asked a simple question: “How has serving impacted you?” They probably assumed that everyone would share their favorite, heartwarming memories of serving––they also clearly have never really used Twitter because that ish backfired almost immediately. Here are the ten most brutal responses.

The subreddit for grad students, /r/gradschool, is generally not a very happy place––trust me, I spent 6 years on that subreddit. It’s usually filled with grad students complaining about their advisors, agonizing over upcoming defenses, or lamenting failed experiments. But every now and then they do something fun. One member of the sub suggested that …

The disgraced singer and producer R. Kelly has been charged 11 new felony counts of sexual abuse. Some of those carry a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. Court records show that those those counts include: four counts of aggravated criminal sex assault; three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim …

Rarely has a press conference in which so little was said been interpreted to mean so much. Robert Mueller’s press conference essentially reiterated his report, but nearly every media outlet is suggesting that Mueller’s statement was actually his way to encouraging Congress to begin impeachment proceedings. Slate, for example, argues that Mueller was speaking (almost) …

Maine is now one of four states to prohibit religious or philosophical objections to vaccines. Now, the only way to be exempted from vaccination is for medical reasons. The governor of Maine, Janet Mills, said in a statement: “People of good will hold sincere beliefs on both sides of the issue, but Maine has a …