Marvin Hajos, 75, of Gainesville, Florida, fell in his backyard and was then attacked by his pet cassowary, a giant bird from ratite group that also includes emus and ostriches.… Read the rest of the article: Rare giant bird kills Florida man

Since 1968, 77 East Third Street in Manhattan's East Village housed the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club's New York City clubhouse (and apartments for some of its members). But the building… Read the rest of the article: The Hells Angels have left the building

At their own peril, the Swiss government has decided that coffee is "not essential" for human survival. After World War I, Switzerland built an emergency reserve of human necessities for… Read the rest of the article: Swiss government declares that coffee is not essential for survival

For his next trick, he should put sharks into the pool and then… Oh, never mind.

A few weeks ago at Appleton, Wisconsin's Lawrence University, a group of experimental musicians, dancers, and performance artists staged "Breathe," a "multidisicplinary water opera" in the college's swimming pool. (The… Read the rest of the article: Watch clips from Breathe, a lovely "water opera" in a pool

Tesla500 rigged an array of 48 high-speed cameras "capable of recording 68 gigapixels per second – 720p at 72000fps!" Bullet Time meets Moore's Law.

A prequel to the iconic 1971 musical and 1978 movie Grease is in development at Paramount. Written by John August (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), the new film,… Read the rest of the article: A "Grease" prequel is in development

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Yesterday, scientists revealed the first ever photo of a black hole. Three years ago, Katie Bouman, then a computer science grad student at MIT, led the development of a key… Read the rest of the article: "How to take a picture of a black hole," a 2017 TED talk by grad student Katie Bouman who then helped make it happen

In 1974, Wyn Cooper, one of Madonna's fellow students at Adams High School near Detroit, invited the 16-year-old pre-material girl to star in his experimental film. The Super 8 short… Read the rest of the article: Watch Madonna, at age 16, star in a high-schooler's experimental film

From Deep Look: The quills of North American porcupines have microscopic backward-facing barbs on the tips. Those barbs make the quills slide in easy but very difficult to remove. Researchers… Read the rest of the article: Porcupine quills are sharp AF and inspiring a new kind of surgical staple

Toyota Engineering Society's CUE 3 is a 6'3" humanoid robot reportedly hits free throws with nearly 100 percent accuracy. From the AP: (The robot) computes as a three-dimensional image where… Read the rest of the article: Watch Toyota's robot basketball player hit three-pointers

A suspected rhino poacher in South Africa's Kruger National Park was killed by an elephant and then eaten by lions. After the elephant attack, police said, "his accomplices claimed to… Read the rest of the article: An elephant killed a rhino poacher and then lions ate him

Shawn Smith, the soulful singer who was a legend in the Seattle music scene, died yesterday at age 53. I first encountered Shawn's voice in the early-1990s by way of… Read the rest of the article: Seattle mainstay musician Shawn Smith of Brad, Satchel, and Pigeonhed, RIP

Elton John, then around 23, takes a TV crew through the structure of "Tiny Dancer," a song with lyrics written by John's longtime writing partner Bernie Taupin about his girlfriend… Read the rest of the article: Elton John explains Tiny Dancer as he plays it for a TV crew in 1971

In the 1960s and 1970s, Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon neighborhood was flowing with sex, drugs, and folk-rock and roll. Joni Mitchell, the Byrds, Jackson Brown, Carole King, the Mamas &… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for new documentary about the 60s-70s Laurel Canyon music scene featuring Tom Petty, Cat Power, Jackson Browne, Norah Jones

Incredible #pictures of giant multi-coloured squirrels set #social media alight!#Photographer Kaushik Vijayan snapped the animals in their native habit. The Malabar Giant #squirrel – double the size of their grey… Read the rest of the article: Dig this psychedelic squirrel's rainbow look

Megan Mattiuzzo, a professional wedding photographer, had a baby last month. She wanted to document the wonder of her child's birth and she knew that if you want something done… Read the rest of the article: This photographer shot the birth of her own child

New studies seem to support that very short, intense cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be as helpful as traditional CBT treatment schedules in helping kids with anxiety disorders like OCD.… Read the rest of the article: Treating kids' phobias in three hours, and OCD in four days

Pyramid schemes are the perpetual motion machines of the business world. They seem like they just might work until you do the math. Don't be a sucker.