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This Sunday, May 18th is Visit Your Relatives Day. Oddly enough, Peace Day is also celebrated Sunday. Is this a strange coincidence or a foolish dream? Keep your peace with your family members by giving them a one year subscription to RELEVANT for only $10 when you renew or start your own subscription. Click here for your peace treaty ...

5/16/08 | 04:44

In a case of life imitating art, Harrison Ford has been named to the board of directors of the Archaeological Institute of America. The Institute named Ford to the board for raising the profile of archaeology through the Indiana Jones films. With that in mind, Ford probably shouldn't hold his breath waiting on the Herpetology Institute of America to call ...

5/16/08 | 01:43

The first U.S. nickel was minted on this day 142 years ago. Even with its smooth edges and shiny exterior, this 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel coin often gets overlooked and underappreciated. Not today! Celebrate the nickel by busting open your piggy bank and getting 240 of these bad boys to pay for a one year subscription to RELEVANT magazine. RELEVANT is comprised of 75 percent awesomeness and 25 percent greatness 7 times a year. Click here to subscribe to one year of RELEVANT for only $12, or be haunted by the vengeful ghost of Thomas Jefferson ...

5/16/08 | 11:00

A 21-year-old South African man has won an appeal granting him permission to try out for the Olympic track team despite the fact that he has prosthetic legs. The Court of Arbitration for Sport unanimously ruled that Oscar Pistorius' protheses do not give him a mechanical advantage ...

5/16/08 | 10:24

We reported a couple weeks back on a man who successfully tested a Leonardo da Vinci designed parachute. Well, the da Vinci madness continues. A Japanese man has built a personal helicopter based on da Vinci's design, and has been invited to fly it in da Vinci's hometown ...

5/16/08 | 08:56

For all you aspiring photographers out there, this is a cool invention. It's a tripod that allows your normal camera to take pictures with a resolution more than a gigapixel. That's a billion pixels, by the way ...

5/16/08 | 08:42

A Pennsylvania woman will be reunited with her brother after being separated 66 years ago during World War II. Irene Famulak was separated from her family at 17, when Nazis invaded her family's Ukranian home in 1942. Her youngest brother, Sevelud, now lives in Germany. The two are planning a reunion soon ...

5/15/08 | 02:21

A teenager in Detroit proved to be quite the salesperson by selling 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. The 15-year-old financed the majority of her Girl Scout troop's trip to Europe this summer with her cookie sales. She also increased the body fat percentage of Detroit by 5 percent ...

5/15/08 | 01:50

The California Supreme Court has lifted a ban on same-sex marriage. The court voted 4-3 to allow same-sex marriages, making California the second state (the first being Massachusetts) to do so. In November, however, proponents of traditional marriage will challenge the ruling by proposing an amendment to the state's constitution upholding traditional marriage ...

5/15/08 | 01:46

A researcher from the University of Essex has released a study claiming that violent video games make people less violent. Wait, what? He cites the fact that violence committed by young people has steadily decreased since the 1990s, while video game popularity has increased. It makes sense, given that the release of Super Mario Brothers coincided with a sharp decline in violence against turtles and mushrooms ...

5/15/08 | 01:37

What's New

In The News

Stephan Whitaker asks us to look at death as a celebration.

4/11/08 | 08:47

Daniel Radosh has just come out with a new book on his experiences within the Christian subculture. Rapture Ready is written with humor, wit and honesty that is attracting readers from all over.

4/11/08 | 08:45

Here’s our profile on Hollywood’s coolest geek, Paul Feig

12/27/07 | 10:05

We reflect on the most significant events of 2007 in the Year in Review

12/27/07 | 10:04

Check out our picks of the Top Ten Albums of the Year

12/27/07 | 10:03

With the writers strike halting many primetime shows, Friday Night Lights remains one of the best shows on TV.

12/17/07 | 10:08

We review the Dirty Projector’s cover of the classic Black Flag album Rise Above in the music section.

12/17/07 | 10:02

Jason Boyett debunks commonly held Christmas-time myths in the Daily Dose section.

12/17/07 | 10:00

Here’s a look at the new documentary Miss HIV.

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