This is a delightfully weird example of the McGurk Effect, a strange perceptual phenomenon that reveals how what we see is integrated into what we think we hear. The effect… Read the rest of the article: Astounding audio illusion reveals why our ears—and our perception—can't be trusted
In the late 1950s, the US Air Force funded a secret project to develop a flying saucer. Avro Canada engineer John "Jack" Frost—the main mind behind the Avrocar—was deep into… Read the rest of the article: This is the US Air Force's real flying saucer (video)
Half of Americans not only don't trust the news media but think it actually intends to mislead them, according to a new survey from Gallup and the Knight Foundations. The… Read the rest of the article: Half of Americans think the news media intentionally lies, survey says
Forty years before Hot Topic, the goth subculture was galvanized at The Batcave, a weekly night at a London club where those with dark hearts and a passion for darker… Read the rest of the article: TV report from the Batcave, the birthplace of goth culture
Earthworm sex involves some very close cuddling. The couple slithers up right against one another but facing opposite directions. They align their citella—the thick ring containing their reproductive bits—and secrete… Read the rest of the article: Earthworm sex is quite romantic (video)
A new male contraceptive pill is on the horizon that temporarily stops sperm from swimming. According to pharmacologists at Weill Cornell Medicine and colleagues, the new birth control method doesn't… Read the rest of the article: New contraceptive for people with penises temporarily stops sperm swimming
Artist Nadja Buttendorf created this genius finger ring that looks like a ring finger. From 2016, the FINGERring, aka "ring wearing a finger" is modeled in silicone from her own… Read the rest of the article: Finger ring that looks like a ring finger
In this wonderful video, legendary cult film director John Waters—the Pope of Trash—gives a tour of his curiosity-filled Baltimore apartment, circa 1986. The prop electric chair, he says, "makes telephone… Read the rest of the article: Pope of Trash John Waters gives a tour of his wonderful apartment complete with electric chair (video)
A father and child were playing by a creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania when their ball rolled into the water. After climbing down to retrieve it they spotted a black… Read the rest of the article: Human body in creek found by father and child… wasn't that
Just hours after Banksy's "Valentine's Day mascara" artwork appeared this morning in Margate, England, officials removed part of it. The piece, about domestic violence against women, features a 1950s-style illustration… Read the rest of the article: Banksy's Valentine's Day public artwork partially removed due to safety hazard
Outdoor adventurer/filmmaker Joshua Turner brings us to the top of the Matterhorn via drone. One of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe, the peak is 14,692 foot high. Altitude… Read the rest of the article: Magnificent footage of the Matterhorn (video)
Photographer Fernando Braga captured this astonishing image of Jesus getting struck by lightning. Cristo Redentor created the Art Deco statue between 1922 and 1931. Made from reinforced concrete and soapstone,… Read the rest of the article: See this astonishing image of Jesus getting struck by lightning
The average US tariff rate—the tax the government levies on the value of imported products—is higher for women's underwear than it is for men's. Most other countries have a flat… Read the rest of the article: US charges higher tax rate on women's underwear than on men's
Is nothing sacred? Thieves swiped the catalytic converter from the legendary Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. The 27-foot-long vehicle was parked overnight outside a Las Vegas hotel when the crooks did their… Read the rest of the article: Catalytic converter stolen from the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile
In places where recreational cannabis is legal, it's common to see folks walking around smoking joints. The problem is that some stupid people toss the roaches on the ground and… Read the rest of the article: Dogs are getting sick from roaches discarded by weed smokers
Radiohead drummer Philip Selway prefers listening to music on vinyl. The following are five albums he can't live without, as revealed in Spin. Take a sip of each below.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the Mars Wrigley factory in Elizabethown, Pennsylvania $14,500 after two workers fell into a massive vat of Dove chocolate. Rescuing them was apparently… Read the rest of the article: Two people rescued after falling into vat of Dove chocolate at factory
Our friends at the surrealist clothier and thinktank The Imaginary Foundation are celebrating Darwin Day today (February 12) with astonishing new artwork and apparel honoring the naturalist's life and work.… Read the rest of the article: Surrealist art and apparel for Charles Darwin's birthday
A new Department of Defense investigation revealed that Pentagon employees are ignoring security protocols to download a variety of verboten apps for dating, Chinese drones, cryptocurrency, multi-level marketing schemes, and… Read the rest of the article: Pentagon employees ignore security protocols to download all kinds of dodgy apps on their government-issued phones
A nurse a a Munich, Germany hospital confessed that he sedated elderly patients so they wouldn't interrupt his nap. The drugs eventually killed two of them. Apparently, the 26-year-old, known… Read the rest of the article: Nurse with hangover sedated patients, eventually killing them, so he could nap unbothered
