New Order's genre-defining "Blue Monday" turned 40-years-old today. How does it feel? "Blue Monday" remains the bestselling 12" single of all time and transformed club music forever. The music video… Read the rest of the article: New Order's "Blue Monday" is 40 years old today and here's the unlikely inspiration of its bassline

In 1898, artist Francis Barraud memorialized his dog Nipper in the lovely 1898 painting "His Master's Voice." The image became an iconic trademark of the music industry, used by multiple… Read the rest of the article: Famed "His Master's Voice" dog breed on verge of extinction

Coulrophobia—the fear of clowns—is a very real phobia among children and adult across the world. But what makes them so scary to some people? Psychologists from the University of South… Read the rest of the article: Here's why people are really afraid of clowns

As one might suspect, reticulated pythons aren't native to Long Island, New York. And yet when the state's Environmental Conservation officers (ECOs) responded to a call about an odd snake… Read the rest of the article: Why was this 14-foot reticulated python slithering around Long Island, New York?

These aren't audio headphones but rather a new medical device for automatically cleaning out earwax. It flushes out your ear canals and then sucks out the waxy water. If I… Read the rest of the article: These weird headphones are for cleaning out ear wax

Last month, Newcastle University archaeologists suggested that this rather phallic object above is a 2,000-year-old Roman dildo. The 16 cm object—dug up at the Roman fort of Vindolanda in Northumberland,… Read the rest of the article: This 2,000-year-old Roman dildo is probably… not that

Following the sensitivity edits to Roald Dahl's books, RL Stine is rewriting bits of of the Goosebumps book series before their next reprints. For example, a "plump" character is now… Read the rest of the article: "Silly" not "crazy": RL Stine editing Goosebumps books to be more sensitive and inclusive

In the summer of 1992, Patricia Kopta, now 83, disappeared from her home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was apparently a "well-known street preacher.. who would approach strangers and tell them… Read the rest of the article: Pennsylvania woman thought dead for three decades found in Puerto Rico nursing home

In Oregon's Willamette National Forest, a man was stranded on a snowy road with no cell phone reception. But he did have a drone in the vehicle and landed on… Read the rest of the article: Man stranded in snow sends his drone to call for help

Freezing temperatures at a waterfall near Hope, British Columbia resulted in these astonishingly perfect ice spheres. How? Chunks of ice on the surface of the pool are continuously spun by… Read the rest of the article: Waterfall produces perfect spheres of ice (video)

Knock, knock. Who's there? Ouch. A man in Daytona Beach, Florida heard someone at his front door and thought it was a visitor for his son. Unfortunately when he opened… Read the rest of the article: Man opens front door only to be bitten by huge alligator

Why do we care what Steven Spielberg thinks about extraterrestrials? Two reasons: E.T. (1982) and the brilliant Close Encounters or the Third Kind (1977), the latter of which is one… Read the rest of the article: Here's Steven Spielberg's thinking on UFOs and a sequel to E.T. (video)

Enjoy reflecting on these odd vintage snapshots of women in mirrors. See more in this collection curated by renowned vernacular photography collector Robert Jackson here: "Women In Mirrors: Sensational Vintage Snapshots… Read the rest of the article: Odd vintage snapshots of women in mirrors

"Elon didn't make Twitter terrible, Twitter has been terrible for years. Because of us!" The great Hasan Minhaj has had enough of Twitter. And he's had enough for quite some… Read the rest of the article: Watch comedian Hasan Minhaj delete his Twitter account on air, with great aplomb and wit (video)

A decade ago, UC Berkeley researchers decoded fMRI data of people's brains to reconstruct images of movie trailers they had previously watched. Back then, the images were noisy and grainy.… Read the rest of the article: Reading minds by combining generative AI and brain scans

For the last 35 years, Japan has thought that its territory includes 6,852 islands. Turns out, the number is actually 14,125. The happy news comes from Geospatial Information Authority of… Read the rest of the article: Japan realizes it has double the number of islands than it previously thought

Arthur C. Clarke famously said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic," a provocative statement to which Robert Anton Wilson brilliantly responded: "Any sufficiently advanced magick is indistinguishable from technology." Both… Read the rest of the article: Weird science and tech are bringing magick back

"In Your Wildest Dreams" is a 1996 duet by soul/R&B legends Tina Turner and Barry White. The bizarre, hot, and hilarious music video below was created by stop motion animation… Read the rest of the article: Bizarre, funny, hot animated music video by Tina Turner and Barry White guest-starring Wallace, Gromit, and Antonio Banderas

Ukraine's national postal service Ukrposhta has introduced a new "FCK PTN!" postage stamp created by mysterious artist/activist Banksy. The stamp commemorates the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.… Read the rest of the article: Ukraine postal service introduces Banksy's "FCK PTN!" postage stamp

Wayne Shorter, the innovative tenor saxophonist who influenced the shape of modern jazz, has died at age 89. From his start in the 1960s playing with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers… Read the rest of the article: Jazz innovator Wayne Shorter, RIP