The laws of physics may not apply in the Star Wars universe. But just because it's highly unlikely we'll ever make the jump to lightspeed as seen in the films,… Read the rest of the article: Not quite jumping to hyperspace, but Star Wars-esque spacecraft propulsion isn't all sci-fi
"A fart was a "POOFOOFUS" (that we needed to only release in the "BATH CHAMBER," writes Sawyer, a former member of the Heaven's Gate UFO cult who chose not to,… Read the rest of the article: A fart is a "poofoofus" and other "next level" slang from the Heaven's Gate UFO cult
Palm Bay, Florida police arrested Ronald McDonald for trespassing at a shopping plaza where he had been banned from visiting. McDonald, also known as "Wicked Jesus" and Christopher Wayne Marlowe,… Read the rest of the article: "I am a clown, stupid!" Police arrest Ronald McDonald for trespassing (video)
Boston Dynamics's Atlas robot has crossed the uncanny valley. Its movements are so impressive that it seems like a person in a robot costume. In the latest demonstration, Atlas does… Read the rest of the article: This cartwheeling and breakdancing robot looks fake but it's all-too-real (video)
Heidi Markow, proprietor of Easton, Pennsylvania's Salvage Goods Antiques, was at a collector's auction buying stuff for resale when a little drawing caught her fancy. See it in the video… Read the rest of the article: Salvage dealer bought $12 drawing that is likely a Renoir worth, um, quite a bit more (video)
From Federico Fellini to Spike Jonez and Ridley Scott, many great film directors have taken their talent to Madison Avenue to create television commercials. Indeed, David Lynch famously delivered his… Read the rest of the article: Watch this collection of all David Lynch's surreal TV commercials (video)
If humanity is to become a spacefaring civilization, we'll need to sort out how to get a lot of sleep in space. After all, with today's technology, it would take… Read the rest of the article: Sleeping squirrels are helping NASA get humans ready for space migration
This weird wasp shared the Earth with the dinosaurs nearly 100 million years ago. Paleontologist studying specimens of the animal preserved in amber were surprised to find a strange structure… Read the rest of the article: This bizarre prehistoric animal had a Venus Flytrap-like structure on its abdomen
"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library," wrote Jorge Luis Borges. I've visited NYC's Morgan Library & Museum, above, and it is most certainly paradisiacal.… Read the rest of the article: These are the world's most breathtaking libraries
University of Maryland has announced its 2025 commencement speaker: an "environmental advocate, best-selling author, Peabody Award winner" and a "champion of creativity, kindness and believing in the impossible." He is… Read the rest of the article: University of Maryland commencement speaker is calm, pragmatic, and green
Dr. Vijay Agarwal is a neurosurgeon at the Montefiore Einstein Medical Center. Some years ago he received a curious call from a TV producer wanting his take on the concept… Read the rest of the article: Severance's consulting neurosurgeon weighs in on the innie/outie science
Sharks were long thought to be silent predators of the deep. Nope! Scientists have recorded the first known recording of the sounds sharks make. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like the… Read the rest of the article: Sharks make sounds! Listen to the first recordings
"They call them the sloths of the Cretaceous period," said University of Calgary paleontologist Darla Zelenitsky. "Totally bizarre looking things." In the interview with the Canadian Press, Zelenitsky was referring to… Read the rest of the article: Huge claw belongs to newly-discovered species of sloth-like dinosaur
On Saturday afternoon, United Flight 198 took off from the Los Angeles International Airport on its way to Shanghai, China. Two hours later, the 237 passengers were settled in for… Read the rest of the article: United flight from L.A. to China had to turn back because of the pilot's absent-mindedness
Paula Regan and her husband Dave were strolling along a beach in Kent, UK when she spotted something very strange on the sand. "At first, I thought it was a… Read the rest of the article: Freaky mermaid corpse found on UK beach (video)
The delightful video below, A Boy And His Atom, is considered the world's smallest stop-motion film. Back in 2013, IBM researchers created the film as a demonstration of a scanning… Read the rest of the article: World's smallest movie made from individual atoms (video)
My son and I are both lifelong vinyl collectors. Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, we've always noticed that if you spot someone carrying around one of Amoeba Music's… Read the rest of the article: The stoner story behind today's most recognizable record store logo
I wouldn't put (ahem) the Loch Ness Monster in the same category as Grendel, Cornish pixies, and Black Shuck the ghost dog, but the Royal Mail's new "Myths & Legends"… Read the rest of the article: Nessie, Grendel, water demon, and other "myths and legends" on fantastic new Royal Mail stamps
Last week, the National Weather Service released photos from a survey of weather damage following a storm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Look carefully in the background and you'll see Bigfoot… Read the rest of the article: Bigfoot spotted in National Weather Service storm damage photo
"Dreams save us," Superman once said. "Dreams lift us up and transform us. And on my soul, I swear… until my dream of a world where dignity, honor and justice… Read the rest of the article: New documentary about the history of comic shops and why their survival matters now more than ever (video)
