Posts by Matt Gilligan

In what could be an incredible development in the world of scientific research and the long fight against cancer, a team of researchers from Cardiff University in the UK discovered a new immune cell that could be used to treat ALL kinds of cancers. The new immune T-cell was discovered by accident by the researchers...

It’s something that all of us have probably dreamed about at one point or another, but very few people actually take the big leap and make it a reality. I’ve often thought about living in a seaside cottage in some desolate corner of Ireland or Scotland. I’m talking about having enough money in the bank...

I gotta say…this is pretty awesome. Back in 2015, the Brinks family decided they wanted a new start. Parents Ryan and Keli Brinks uprooted their family from Michigan and moved to a 21-acre plot of land in London, Kentucky. The Brinks’ paid $57,000 for the land and built an energy-efficient village complete with six tiny...

I have to say, I think going to prison would be the most terrifying experience imaginable. Being locked up with murderers, rapists, and all kinds of other violent offenders has to do so much damage to a person’s psyche. Let’s hope that all of us (or at least most of us) never have to go...

We’ve all injured ourselves in dumb ways at one point or another in our lives, right? Okay, it’s confession time: when I was 12, I broke my hand…punching my brother in the head. Let’s just say my parents were not thrilled. I still haven’t lived that one down. AskReddit users opened up and shared the...

I’ve been a huge music fan since I was a little kid and I feel like I grew up on the good stuff. From my parents, it was mostly oldies: the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, Sam Cooke. And then my older brother got me into punk and metal: the Ramones, Black Sabbath,...

Social media gets a pretty bad rap, but sometimes it can help create some truly life-changing moments. Take the story of young Quaden Bayles, for example. The 9-year-old boy was born with a form of Dwarfism called Achondroplasia and his mother, Yarraka Bayles, recently shared a distressing video of her unconsolable son reacting to being...

I’m not exaggerating: this is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in quite a while. Samuel Copeland and Aleia Murawski create amazing miniature worlds for their pet snails and they are insanely impressive. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jgWJCn_m5/ So how did anybody even think about doing something like this? Copeland said that he and Murawski started the project...

Right now, we’re all gonna take what’s officially known as a “giggle break.” Not familiar? Well, it’s where you set aside your work, your stresses and all the troubles in your life, and you look at these hilarious tweets. And then you laugh really, really, REALLY hard. Sadly, after this short respite, you must return...

These memes. You could say I enjoyed them immensely and that would be an understatement. Want to know why? Of course you do. Because I love true crime! Some might even call it an obsession, and they’re right. True crime TV shows, documentaries, books, movies, you name it… I watch it. And I’m assuming you do...

We all know people who would think that this would be their absolute dream job. Isolated on a beautiful island with nothing but dozens of cats to keep you company. What’s not to like, right? In July 2019, a job announcement popped up looking for a caretaker to live on the Greek island of Syros....

I don’t know why this story brings me so much joy, but it just does. Maybe because it reminds me of something one of my friends would do if they won a lousy one dollar in a lottery. Or maybe it reminds me of something that I might even do. When Iowa resident Tyler Heep...

I’m kind of surprised this didn’t happen on our side of the pond first, but it looks like the Brits beat us to the punch on this one. I’m talking about a Batman-themed restaurant that is set to open in London, England, this spring. The restaurant will be called Park Row and will occupy 18,000 square...

Well, this sure is an odd partnership, huh? I was at a friend’s house the other day and I saw that he had camouflage Crocs, and I thought that was weird. Little did I know what was to come… Coming in the Spring of 2020 is…wait for it…Kentucky Fried Chicken crocs! For your feet! That you’re supposed...

If you say to yourself, “the problems with climate change and the environment have nothing to do with me and they’re way too big for me to do anything”, you’re WRONG. These issues involve all of us and we all have to do our part, no matter how small, to fight these threats. That’s why...