In early 2008 a panicked email made the rounds in Latin America, warning about the dangers of a new drug, “Burundanga.” The email claimed that criminal uses of the incapacitating drug against lone women and partygoers was becoming “an...

They’ve found a lost tribe in the rainforest on the Brazil-Peru border who probably weren’t lost, but you know, just avoiding us. This is exciting because it means hippies can make an argument to stop deforestation in the Amazon....

Why is it that Maria Mercedes looks so dang exotic? Could it be that Latinos all look …not exactly the same? Could it be that her great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was kind of trigger-happy? In that way. A new study suggests that...

Ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi in Denmark created this clever paper towel dispenser supposedly for the World Wildlife Federation (Although a lot of ads that win awards never actually run, so who knows?) to illustrate the personal impact we...

It’s been a while since the last time we had to think about climate phenomenon El Niño, the abnormal warming of Pacific Ocean surface waters that causes all sorts of nasty weather. But according to a report released today...

Check out this recent gem of a dialogue overheard on the A Train in New York by José [ed. note: it looks cooler than ‘Joe’] . A quick and painless chuckle ensues: Girl #1: Is she sort of South...