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We have a list of all the people we would go to for medical advice if we were struck down by some catastrophic illness.

Anybody at Johns Hopkins – right down to the janitorial staff – is at the top.

Our list then moves onto the Cleveland Clinic, the Mayo Clinic, and continues all the way down to the West Mississippi Regional Center For Acupuncture And Mystical Healing (great place, lovely people).

After that, the list gets a little more personal : next up is Dr Phil, then Dr Oz, then Dr Dre.

Thousands of entries later, after Charles Manson, after the guy who plays a one-stringed guitar at 3 in the morning in our neighborhood park, and after a bag of roasted peanuts, comes our very last resort for medical advice: Mr Ozzy Osbourne.

Well, it seems that we may need to rethink this list: a British newspaper has just hired the rock legend as its new health columnist.

What a shame. We had $5 on them hiring the guy who cleans tables at our local Olive Garden. Read the rest of this entry »

Some scientists spend their days hunched over a lab bench, trying to find a cure for cancer. We honor them.

Some scientists work endless hours in front of computers, trying to decipher the mysteries of the universe. We respect them.

And some scientists use high-speed cameras to film duck penises shooting out of their owner’s body, corkscrewing down plastic tubes and then uselessly dribbling ejaculate into the air. We love them, and want them to keep doing this forevermore. Read the rest of this entry »

Quite possibly the most awesome piece of natural-world photography has been posted on YouTube. It features – of course! – His Majesty Sir David Attenborough, a man for whom our respect knows no bounds.

Check out the video after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »