Scientists Just Melted a Hole Through 3,500 Feet of Ice to Reach a Mysterious Antarctic Lake

While you were baking cookies and binging Netflix shows over Christmas, a team of about 50 scientists, drillers, and support staff was attempting to punch through nearly 4,000 feet of ice to access an Antarctic subglacial lake for just the second time in human history. And folks, they did it. Continue reading Scientists Just Melted a Hole Through 3,500 Feet of Ice to Reach a Mysterious Antarctic Lake

An American Aid Worker Is Being Monitored for Signs of Ebola at a Nebraska Hospital

An American medical worker in Africa may have had too close a brush with the deadly Ebola virus that is currently devastating the Democratic Republic of Congo. He returned to the U.S. and is now at a hospital in Nebraska, where doctors are keeping a close eye on him. Continue reading An American Aid Worker Is Being Monitored for Signs of Ebola at a Nebraska Hospital

ACCORDING TO CIGAR AFICIONADO, THESE ARE THE BEST CIGARS OF 2018

The best cigars of the year have arrived. Cigar Aficionado revealed the top 10 stogies on their annual list of the Top 25 Cigars of 2018. After scrutinizing and rating nearly 750 examples, an expert panel put each through multiple blind taste tests to determine which deserved the lofty title of Cigar of the Year.  Continue reading ACCORDING TO CIGAR AFICIONADO, THESE ARE THE BEST CIGARS OF 2018

Woodstock Returning to Original Site for 50th Anniversary

The legendary Woodstock festival first took place back in August 1969 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains northwest of New York City, and it’ll return to its original site, according to Billboard. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced on Friday morning that Woodstock will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a three-day event on Aug. 16 through to Aug. 18. Continue reading Woodstock Returning to Original Site for 50th Anniversary

Jordan Peele Creates a New Monster in First ‘Us’ Trailer

Movie fans, rejoice: Jordan Peele has just laced the world with the greatest Christmas gift of 2018. Today, bright and early, as everyone opened up their gifts, Peele dropped off the first trailer for Us, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2016 standout (and Oscar-winning) film Get Out. Continue reading Jordan Peele Creates a New Monster in First ‘Us’ Trailer