Yawning is contagious, not just among humans but also animals. Contagious yawning is thought to be linked to mirror neurons—cells in the brain that fire both when we do something… Read the rest of the article: Why psychopaths are less susceptible to contagious yawning
Olo is the name of a color that, so far, has only been seen by a handful of scientists. The UC Berkeley researchers fired laser pulses into their eyes to… Read the rest of the article: Firing lasers into the retina reveals a brand new color
Today at the Star Wars Celebration Japan conference, director Shawn Levy (Deadpool & Wolverine) took the stage with a surprise announcement. He's directing Star Wars: Starfighter, a brand new film… Read the rest of the article: Lucasfilm announces new Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling
On April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann, a chemist working at the Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz, swallowed 240 micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and had the first intentional acid trip… Read the rest of the article: Eighty-two years ago, a weird and wonderful bicycle ride changed culture forever (video)
Nairobi police nabbed two Belgian teenagers for wildlife piracy. Apparently they were caught with 5,000 ants—not in their pants but packed in test tubes at a guest house where they… Read the rest of the article: Two teens busted for smuggling 5,000 ants
Researchers have detected what appears to be the strongest ever sign of life on another planet. The researchers from the University of Cambridge and colleagues announced this week that a massive… Read the rest of the article: Strongest sign detected of life on another planet
Serendipity Books, a beloved shop in Chelsea, Michigan recently secured a lease on a larger space just 350 feet away. While that's a wonderful sign for independent bookstores everywhere, the… Read the rest of the article: Bookstore owner's ingenious method for moving 10,000 books into a new storefront (video)
On social media, many sigma bros continue to celebrate American Psycho's serial killer investment banker Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale in the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel.… Read the rest of the article: American Psycho director: "Wall Street bros" don't get that the story is "a gay man's satire on masculinity"
What happens if you're a fighter pilot cruising along at 750 miles-per-hour and you need to pee? Historically, you'd need to unbuckle your harness and try to position yourself to… Read the rest of the article: New way for fighter pilots to pee at 750 miles per hour (video)
Since its original 1977 release, George Lucas has tweaked the first Star Wars film many times. From enhancing the space battle special effects to adding a digital Jabba, there have… Read the rest of the article: The Star Wars that George Lucas didn't want you to see is coming to the big screen
A new kind of spectator sport will soon arrive in Los Angeles. A startup has raised $1 million to launch sperm racing. Yes, spermatozoa will shake their tales to the… Read the rest of the article: New sport of sperm racing is (ahem) coming to Los Angeles
Residents of Magnolia, New Jersey were jolted awake at 2:30am last Wednesday to a loud mystery boom. The next morning, auto body shop proprietor Sebastian Leonardo arrived at work and… Read the rest of the article: UFO—unidentified falling object—crashes through roof and vanishes without a trace (video)
Around 83 miles northwest of Las Vegas lies Area 51, the classified military base where new aerospace technology is tested and—depending on your appetite for conspiracy theories—a high-tech facility where… Read the rest of the article: What is this mysterious huge tower at Area 51 spotted on Google Earth?
Human ribs or vertebrae for just $35 each? If you didn't already take advantage of the enticing prices at Florida boutique Wicked Wonderland, you missed your chance. Orange City police… Read the rest of the article: Skulls for $600, ribs for $35: Florida boutique busted for selling human bones
Dan Walsh's Garfield Minus Garfield is a brilliant parody of Garfield comics in which he has removed the crotchety cat from every panel. The result highlights "the existential angst of… Read the rest of the article: Garfield Minus Garfield is the perfect parody comic for today
Earworms are annoying. It's like a loop playing over and over, sometimes for hours or even days. Mostly, they're triggered by hearing the song, but sometimes my brain will just… Read the rest of the article: A strange trick to silence an earworm
If you visit allow.webcam and, yep, enable webcam access, your computer will take your photo and add it to a collage of the prior snapshots. It's surprising there aren't more… Read the rest of the article: Allow Webcam is a real-time collage of webcam photos
For humanity to become a spacefaring civilization, there are a sh*t-ton of problems to solve—one of which is how to deal with our poop. Already, there are nearly 100 plastic… Read the rest of the article: How can you recycle poop in space? NASA will pay $3 million for an answer (video)
Memphis Allies is a community group launched as a response to the Tennessee's escalating gun violence and to support high-risk youth. Yesterday, the group was holding a meeting in an… Read the rest of the article: One killed and five injured in shooting at anti-violence meeting
At Thailand's Chiang Mai Breakfast World, customers can earn a discount by fitting through a series of narrow gates at the entrance. The discounts range from 5% to 20% depending… Read the rest of the article: Restaurant offers "skinny" discounts to customers who fit through narrow gate (video)
