Today, the gene jockeys at Colossal Biosciences introduced us to the woolly mouse, a extra-bushy rodent they say is the first step toward using biotechnology to bring back the extinct… Read the rest of the article: Meet the woolly mouse, the first step toward bringing back the woolly mammoth from extinction

Police arrested a San Francisco woman for pulling a horse's tail while a child was riding it. The tug startled the horse, causing it to buck and throw off the… Read the rest of the article: Watch this woman pull a horse's tail causing it to buck and throw off child riding it

Archaeologists excavating crypts at a Byzantine monastery a few miles from Jerusalem were surprised to find the skeleton of a woman bound in heavy metal chains. She wasn't being held… Read the rest of the article: Skeleton of woman found wrapped in chains for a surprising reason

In Moore, Oklahoma, a toddler named Bennett was playing with an old mobile phone and was delighted that even though the service plan was off, emergency calling was still operational.… Read the rest of the article: Toddler calls 911 call for "emergency doughnuts"

In the northeastern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists excavating Iron Age communities were surprised to find multiple skulls with huge spikes driven through the forehead all the way through the lower back… Read the rest of the article: The surprising reason our Iron Age ancestors drove massive spikes through the heads of the dead

No, this isn't a trailer for the next Karate Kid spinoff. (I hope not, anyway.) This is Unitree Robotics' G1 humanoid robot demonstrating its Kung fu moves. From Interesting Engineering:… Read the rest of the article: Hi-ya! Watch this humanoid robot practice Kung fu (video)

On Washington's Pacific Coast, a man posing as a ship captain boarded a huge commercial boat, woke up the crew, and ordered them to head out into Grays Harbor. The… Read the rest of the article: Imposter ship captain steals an 80-foot, $8 million boat with the crew still aboard

Researchers in Pompeii were studying the skeleton of a young man who died following the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Inside his skull, the found strange glass fragments. A… Read the rest of the article: The hellish heat from Mount Vesuvius's eruption turned this victim's brain to glass

A severed hand turned up outside Our Lady Immaculate School in Darndale, Dublin, Ireland last Friday. Obviously concerned, police combed CCTV footage but found no evidence of any violent act.… Read the rest of the article: Bird dropped severed human hand into schoolyard

Electronic music duo ODESZA, composers of the Severance score, have delivered a full eight hours of "Music To Refine To." Enjoy it below. Here's the track list: 0:00 – Innie… Read the rest of the article: Here is eight hours of Severance music to refine to

There is another living world above our own, a community of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microscopic life form, who live in the clouds above us. Their habitat… Read the rest of the article: The clouds above us teem with strange creatures

This 18k golden throne is titled "America." Created in 2016 by artist Maurizio Cattelan, the toilet—insured for $6 million—was installed in NYC's Guggenheim Museum before being moved to Blenheim Palace… Read the rest of the article: Men on trial for stealing 18k golden toilet from English palace, Trump surprisingly not a suspect

Last month, the US Patent and Trademark Office granted inventor Jerry Perez with a patent on a "tunnel vision mask," essentially horse blinders for humans with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.… Read the rest of the article: Inventor patents horse blinders for humans with ADHD

Step right up, suckers! The Fyre festival is back and tickets are now on sale. "I'm sure many people think I'm crazy for doing this again, but I feel I'd… Read the rest of the article: Fyre festival 2 tickets are now on sale!

In Salinas, California, a high school math teacher reportedly tried to sell students pills that would "enhance homework and test performance," according to one of the kids' parents. The mother… Read the rest of the article: High school teacher accused of selling "test-enhancing pills" in class

For three decades, Erowid has been the most important clearinghouse of drug information on the Internet. Among other indispensable resources, the site has a collection of around 40,000 "experience reports"… Read the rest of the article: What do we see when we're on drugs? To find out, this researcher used AI to read 40,000 trip reports

If you happen to be in Australia or New Guinea and encounter a massive black bird stomping around on two feet, beware. Known as "the world's most dangerous bird," cassowaries… Read the rest of the article: If you run into this terrifying animal, immediately "put your hands behind your back"

Nearly every book lover fantasizes about having a library in their home that is worthy of the ultimate bibliophile accoutrement: a library ladder. This architectural accessory—particularly one that rolls on… Read the rest of the article: Every bibliophile wants one of these (and no, it's not a fancy bookmark)

In the mid-1670s, Johannes Swammerdam, a Dutch biologist, peered through his microscope at a honeybee's brain and drew what he saw. That illustration, seen above, is the oldest known image… Read the rest of the article: This is the oldest image of a bug's brain

As part of The New Yorker's 100th anniversary this year, the magazine partnered with J. Crew on a clothing line. Now you can dress like a New Yorker reader and… Read the rest of the article: The New Yorker now has a clothing line so you can dress like you read The New Yorker