MOS: The Gulf War Oil Spill
Major industrial accidents are often built upon years and years of ignoring safety protocols, cutting corners, and generally using a ‘fuck around and find out’ […]
Science History
MOS: Russian Domesticated Fox Project
Stories that include the words “Russia” and “animal science research” in the same sentence rarely have a lovely ending for the animals, but this story […]
MOS: Laika the Space Doggo
Y’all I watched an entire documentary for this and I’m not citing a goddamn thing from it. It involved dreadfully sad scenes with puppies. I […]
MOS: The Thagomizer
Scientific disciplines generally have standardized naming rules and conventions for when you discover a new type of stuff. But if you want to get in […]
MOS: Australia’s invasive feral hogs
Today started with a good old fashioned google search for one of my favorite subjects: mankind’s inability to stop cramming invasive critters into new and […]
MOS: Science History in Wartime
(This was originally published on April 19th, 2022, two months after Russia attacked Ukraine. It’s been lightly edited.) I’ve struggled with how to talk about […]
MOS: Dorks
Legends about mythical monsters don’t always come from oral tradition that fertilizes a newt into a dragon. Sometimes people really goddamn saw that sea monster. […]
MOS: Mary Toft’s Baby Bunnies
I’m still scratching my head over this whole “woman giving birth to rabbits” hoax. This happened and it hurt my brain, so now it’s gonna […]
MOS: Bread and Revolutions
In all likelihood, Marie Antoinette never said ‘let them eat cake’ when she was told the people had no bread. Great story though. Royalty really […]
MOS: The History of the Anti-Vax Movement
The Vaccination Act of 1853 said “hey smallpox is a bummer, so vaccinate your little copypastes or we’re fining you.” This led to riots.