In the name of science, distinguished actor and voice of God Morgan Freeman sucked on a helium balloon, turning his famously deep voice high and squeaky for the Science Channel's Through the Wormhole.

A science teacher has been suspended from his job at a Los Angeles high school for helping two students with science projects that the school district considers "imitation weapons."

"Will Everyone Have Sex With Paul Rudd for $1?": An Experiment by Billy Eichner

The time-honored combination of Mentos and Coke has been a staple of YouTube videos for almost as long as YouTube has existed. But just when you thought there was no more life to squeeze out of it, here comes an Italian magician with a condom and some Nutella to add a new dimension of WTF to the proceedings.

Surgeons are preparing to place patients between life and death in the first-ever human trial of a new suspended animation technique. Victims of stabbings or gunshot wounds will have their bodies rapidly cooled at Pittsburgh's UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, buying doctors an extra 2 hours to save them.

In the latest case of life-imitates-porn-cliché, a surgeon claims he's invented a machine that allows women to give themselves instant, remote-controlled orgasms. As long as they're cool with having electrodes implanted on their spines, anyway.

Some science teachers are content with showing their class how to power lightbulbs with lemons. Other science teachers are a bit more hardcore.

It seems the reason Super size Me documentarian Morgan Spurlock gained all that weight during the 30 days he consumed nothing but McDonald's wasn't because he ate too much Golden Arches — but because he didn't eat enough.

The YouTube channel whatever distinguishes itself from other so-called "prank channels" by passing off its practical jokes as "social experiments."

It's long been a source of furious contention among many a college kid, but now the debate can finally be put to rest thanks to science.

Just over a month and a half into her attempt to prove that living on sunlight alone was possible, Breatharian Navenna Shine of Seattle has decided to end her "experiment."

Navenna Shine of Seattle is planning to livestream her own death.

Remember Davey Wavey? He's the "globe-trotting gay YouTube sensation and fitness guru" who asked gay guys what they think about vaginas and old people what they think about gay sex.

"Beauty blogger" Rita, an American, spent a semester abroad in the UK last year, sharing a flat with four British roommates. Naturally, it was only a matter of time before she decided to introduce them to classic American junk food and film their reaction as they consumed it.

A study published in the latest issue of Pediatrics — the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics — is issuing a "call to arms to parents and doctors" who are unaware of the serious medical conditions that could arise from engaging in the so-called Cinnamon Challenge.

It's a story as old as time: Boy meets girl; boy falls for girl; girl points out how the music in her favorite soap opera is so bad "that her cat could have written it"; boy decides to test her theory and is met with "great success."

In a last-ditch effort to convince a pair of pandas to take advantage of their brief annual breeding season, scientists at China's Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding turned to good ol' fashioned panda porn.

A young man who sought to improve his look with some OTC hair dye did the exact opposite when it soon became apparent that he was allergic to the product.

An Italian magician who goes by Milleaccendini has been attempting for some time to set a new world record for most Mentos pieces inserted into a single bottle of Coke.

Destin at Smarter Every Day answers everything you ever wanted to know about why cats (almost) always land on their feet, but were too afaird to pick up and drop your own cat multiple times from varying heights to find out.