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GOES-16 captured this stunning—if not horrific—image of Hurricane Irma passing the eastern end of Cuba at about 8:00 am ET on September 8, 2017. (Image: NOAA) Like a slow moving stalker in a horror movie, Hurricane Irma is now less than 400 miles from Miami and making steady progress. The exceptionally-powerful storm has triggered a…

Image: Aigars Mahinovs/Flickr Are you a boat driver who drives boats in the ocean? Then do I have bad news for you, boathead. And that bad news is lightning. Not so fun driving boats now, boaty! Anyway, it is slowly becoming clear that the world is falling apart, so I’m finding it increasingly difficult to…

A screen shot from Goop’s article on “The 8 Essential Crystals,” in which it claims Carnelian helps treat infertility and PMS symptoms. It does not. A cursory look at almost any of Goop’s articles will reveal some seriously outlandish, unverified claims. It promotes aromatic sprays to treat depression and anxiety, and most infamously, jade eggs…

Photo: AP In a bonkers interview with CNN late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt doubled down on the climate censorship that’s become foundational to this administration’s environmental agenda. A longtime denier of man-made climate change, Pruitt told CNN it is “insensitive” to discuss the role climate change may have played in strengthening Hurricane…

Phyllobates terribilis. Image: Micha L. Rieser Poison dart frogs have an ominous and well-deserved reputation as a lot of death stuffed into a teeny, neon package, and none is more dangerous than Colombia’s golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis). With skin slaked with enough of the potently neurotoxic batrachotoxin (BTX) to kill a staggering 20,000 mice,…