Tracy Morgan fired back at Walmart a day after the retailer responded to the comedian’s lawsuit by blaming him for injuries sustained when one its trucks rear-ended the limousine in which he was traveling. “I can’t believe Walmart is blaming me for an accident that they caused. My friends and I were doing nothing wrong,” Morgan said in a statement. …

New research indicates that the states with the biggest anti-choice boner also happen to be the ones with the worst record of caring for the fully formed human beings forced to live with the consequences of their leaders’ ideology. What’s more pro-life than ignoring a high maternal mortality rate? Besides everything? The analysis, conducted by Ibis Reproductive Health and the …

A major compound in the commonly used spice turmeric boosts the growth of brain stem cells in both cell culture and rodents, a new study has found. While it is currently far too early to tell whether these results would translate to humans, the researchers suggest that this compound could be a promising candidate to promote brain cell regeneration in …

Good luck getting the thumbs-up for an original concept featuring a female lead. But wouldn’t you like to make a big-budget movie about some third-rate plastic tchotchke from the 1990s, instead? That’s all Hollywood seems capable of producing these days, and now there are projects based on Angry Birds and Tetris, as well. Truly, nostalgia is America’s greatest natural resource. …

A state-controlled newspaper in China seemed to avoid coverage of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong with a strange tweet promoting “anal security checks” for thousands of pigeons, Vox reported on Tuesday. The People’s Daily said on Twitter that 10,000 pigeons were inspected in advance of the celebration of National Day on Wednesday, as seen here: The pigeon-related post was …

Around 7:40 a.m. Monday, two teenagers were arguing in front of their high school 40 miles away from Charlotte, North Carolina, when one of them pulled a gun out of his waistband and shot the other. The victim was shot twice in the leg, and is reportedly in stable condition at a nearby hospital. The alleged shooter, a 15 year-old …

For the last ten years, I’ve made a living in reality TV. Now I’m making a fictional movie about reality TV. As it turns out, they’re not that different—many of the methods I used to get the subjects of my show to open up are equally effective on actors. The film is called Inner Demons, and it explores the terrifying …