Not all heroes wear capes; sometimes they wear fluffy, pink animal costumes. Outside San Jose's Further Confusion (FurCon) this weekend, a group of furries spotted a man abusing a woman… Read the rest of the article: Watch these brave furries stop a man who was assaulting a woman

At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, police removed two passengers from a GoJet/Delta Connection flight because they apparently wouldn't turn off a mobile phone that reportedly had a WiFi network name of… Read the rest of the article: Passengers with mobile WiFi network named "Remote Detonator" removed from plane

The wonderful Brains On! science podcast for kids just completed a four part series on "Making Sense of Myths" and the final episode, "Aliens and UFOs," includes an interview with… Read the rest of the article: Extraterrestrials, UFOs, and the Voyager Golden Record

Sam Elliott had the horses in the back with a wrangler on his booty before Lil Nas X was even in diapers. (Adweek)

Yesterday in Kensginton, New Hampshire, Ian O'Reilly and his family were walking on a trail near a local pond when a coyote attacked his two-year-old son. After fighting with the… Read the rest of the article: Man wrestles and kills coyote that was attacking his toddler

On Good Morning America today, Ozzy Osbourne described 2019 as the "worst, longest, most painful, miserable year of my life" and revealed that he is suffering from a type of… Read the rest of the article: Ozzy Osbourne reveals he has Parkinson's disease

A new study argues that it's "ethically permissible" for dead men to "register their desire to donate their sperm after death for use by strangers." Dr. Nathan Hodson of the… Read the rest of the article: It's ok for dead men to donate sperm, according to medical ethics study

On Friday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton convicted dentist Seth Lookhart of 46 felonies and misdemeanors. You may recall that Lookhart infamously "performed a dental extraction procedure on a… Read the rest of the article: Dentist who pulled tooth while on hoverboard convicted of 46 crimes

Researchers have determined that the above self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh, long thought to have been a fake, was indeed painted by the artist in 1889 while he was suffering… Read the rest of the article: Self-portrait of van Gogh during psychotic episode, thought to have been a fake, deemed real

In 2018, a dog breeder surrendered this Siberian husky, named Jubilee, to an animal shelter because, they claimed, his "weird" eyes made him unsellable. According to vets at Matawan, New… Read the rest of the article: Beloved, abandoned dog with the crazy eyes has finally been adopted

So this is the moment where Elliot Benchetrit asks the ballkid to peel his banana. I'm glad the umpire (John Blom) stepped in and told him off. pic.twitter.com/TK1GET68pG — Alex… Read the rest of the article: Australian Open tennis player scolded for asking ball girl to peel his banana

From 1989, Fingers Inc.'s beautiful mix of "Can You Feel It" with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech:

Last night, a lost horse was trotting around the busy A48 road in Cardiff, Wales. Police and passers-by weren't quite sure what to do but a kind Cardiff Bus driver… Read the rest of the article: Lost horse takes city bus ride back home

"In the Realms of the Unreal [Henry Darger], 1998" by Joe Coleman "Outsider art" is generally defined as work created by untrained, self-taught, or "naïve" artists who aren't connected to… Read the rest of the article: Audio history of Outsider Art

PigeonBot is a robotic bird outfitted with real pigeon feathers that move to reshape its wings like an actual bird. Developed by researchers in Stanford's LentinkLab, the remote-controlled PigeonBot demonstrates… Read the rest of the article: Robot bird with real pigeon feathers to improve agility

From her groundbreaking first album Switched-On Bach (1968) to the unforgettable soundtracks for A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), and Tron (1982), Wendy Carlos is a living legend of… Read the rest of the article: New biography of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos

In Winter Haven, Florida, this gentleman rolled right into a Walmart, loaded up his cart with a TV, flowers, and other goods, and glided right out the door without paying.… Read the rest of the article: Florida man wearing "hover shoes" brazenly rolls out of Walmart with cart of stolen goods

Peruvian police are deporting five tourists from Chile, Brazil, France and Argentina for allegedly sneaking into the Macchu Picchu citadel, defacating among the Incan ruins and breaking the stonework inside… Read the rest of the article: Tourists deported for crapping in Macchu Picchu and damaging the stonework

In the United States, January 16 is National Nothing Day. San Francisco Examiner columnist Harold Pullman Coffin created the holiday in 1973 "to provide Americans with one national holiday when… Read the rest of the article: Be sure to celebrate National Nothing Day today by not celebrating it

Smell is perhaps more closely intertwined with memory than sight, sound, or any other of our senses. Indeed, scents are an incredibly important part of history and culture. That's why… Read the rest of the article: Our olfactory heritage: researcher preserves scents before they're lost forever