Here is the great Angelo Badalamenti—who died at age 85 on Sunday—explaining the magic behind his composition of "Laura Palmer's Theme" (below) from Twin Peaks. As David Lynch fans know,… Read the rest of the article: Angelo Badalamenti (RIP) explains how he came up with Laura Palmer's Theme from Twin Peaks (video)

Weebles. Monopoly. Cabbage Patch Kids. Lincoln Logs. Playstation 2. Shopkins. Informed by data and archives at the Strong National Museum of Play, Stacker created their list of the "Top holiday… Read the rest of the article: Here are the most popular toys of the year, going back to 1920

Moderna's new cancer vaccine combined with an immunotherapy treatment from Merck shows great promise in preventing the recurrence of melanoma and dramatically reducing the risk of death due to the disease,… Read the rest of the article: Moderna's cancer vaccine shows incredible promise

Above is "Kristina" (2022), a sculpture by the artist Mark Jenkins that's on display in London's Laz Emporium gallery. Visible in the gallery window, the sculpture freaked out a passer-by… Read the rest of the article: Police forcibly enter art gallery after statue mistaken for dead person

The next film from Japanese animation icon Hayao Miyazaki is titled "How Do You Live" and is slated to hit theaters on July 14, according to Studio Ghibli. The image… Read the rest of the article: Studio Ghibli announces new Miyazaki film for summer 2023

Manuel Göttsching, leader of Krautrock icons Ash Ra Temple and a pioneer of electronic/guitar music has died at age 70. In the early 1970s,. Göttsching released five influential Ash Ra… Read the rest of the article: RIP Krautrock legend Manuel Göttsching of Ash Ra Temple

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Twitter contracted with Heritage Global Partners to auction off "surplus corporate assets" next month. The 265 lots include designer office furniture, kitchen equipment, LED… Read the rest of the article: Twitter is auctioning off its espresso machines, office chairs, and memorabilia

A bipedal Christmas tree was seen on surveillance footage slashing car tires at a meat warehouse in Warzymice, Poland. It's not yet known what the tree has against cars. From… Read the rest of the article: Walking Christmas tree caught on surveillance video slashing tires at meat warehouse

Over at r/CasualUK, Reddit user huskyboi72 posted this curious photo of a creepy creature that reportedly washed up on a UK beach. In the thread, the weird animal has been… Read the rest of the article: What is this weird "baby Loch Ness Monster" washed up on a beach?

On August 9, 1996 director James Cameron and the cast and crew of Titanic were filming off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia when dozens of people fell ill after… Read the rest of the article: On the set of Titanic, someone spiked the chowder with PCP, sickening director James Cameron and dozens of others

Scientists have long known that flushing a toilet spews an aerosol mist of particles (including pathogens from feces) into the bathroom air. In new research from the University of Colorado,… Read the rest of the article: Scientific video reveals how much toilet water sprays into the air when you flush… and it's disgusting

Neal Agarwal —creator of such wonderful Web projects as "Days Since Incident" and "Absurd Trolley Problems—invites us to simulate Earth's annihilation with the Asteroid Launcher. You set parameters like the… Read the rest of the article: Try this fun asteroid impact simulator and visualize Earth's annihilation

Scottish athlete Danny MacAskill is one of the greatest professional street trials/mountain bike riders in the world. The video above is his first major mountain bike street trial video in… Read the rest of the article: Astounding bicycle ride across the streets and surfaces of San Francisco (video)

Basketball star Brittney Griner is back on her home court today after a prisoner swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, aka the "Merchant of Death." Above is video of… Read the rest of the article: Watch the runway prisoner swap of Brittney Griner for Viktor "Merchant of Death" Bout (video)

It's surprising how little we actually know about the animal kingdom relative to the mysteries yet to be solved and secrets still to be revealed. From a "human-cockatoo arms race"… Read the rest of the article: Here are the weirdest animal behaviors discovered in 2022

Karl Ferris is the highly-influential psychedelic photographer and album package designer behind iconic 60s albums like the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Are You Experienced" and Donovan's "A Gift From A Flower… Read the rest of the article: Beautifully trippy short film for Donovan album from 1967

The Dyson Zone—the vacuum and fan company's set of noise-cancelling headphones that double as an air purifier—will be available for pre-order in March. The price is $949. From Gizmodo: The… Read the rest of the article: You can pay $1000 to block annoying noise, filter out bad air, and look silly wearing Dyson's new gadget

Next year marks the anniversary of two masterpieces of indie rock, Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlantacism and The Postal Service's Give Up. Of course the link is frontman Ben Gibbard… Read the rest of the article: The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie playing anniversary 2023 tour

After Jimi Hendrix was released from the army, he moved to Tennessee and landed spots playing guitar in the Isley Brothers' and then Little Richard's backing band, the Royal Company.… Read the rest of the article: Watch the earliest footage of Jimi Hendrix on guitar

Unfortunately, this animal that resembles a cross between a fox and a wolf but has a mane is not el chupacabras. The video clip below has been making the rounds… Read the rest of the article: What is this weird animal that looks like the unholy offspring of a fox and a wolf but has a mane, long legs, and stinks of weed?