Alejandro Otero returned to his Naples, Florida home on the evening of March 8, 2024, only to find a strange hole smashed through the entire structure. As Ars Technica reports:… Read the rest of the article: 2-pound chunk of space station debris leaves a giant hole in Florida Man's home
The Marvel Comics superhero character called Wolverine — also known as Logan or Weapon X, or occasionally James Howlett — made his original comics debut in 1974's The Incredible Hulk… Read the rest of the article: Marvel retroactively changes Wolverine's creators, 50 years after character's debut
After more than a decade as a Scottish Labour councillor, Fife-based writer Altany Craik was in the running to lead the party in the next general election. But he has… Read the rest of the article: Scottish politician resigns over "sexy" "Satanic" novels
Have you ever wanted to shoot a photograph? Like, literally shoot one, as if you were shooting a rifle? Well now you can, thanks to the StockCam — a modified… Read the rest of the article: Gun stock camera rig lets you literally shoot your photographs
I love "Teenage Dirtbag." I love it as a song, and I love that it's had a weird, long, and subtle arc as a beloved song by other people, too.… Read the rest of the article: Wheatus rewrites "Teenage Dirtbag" as a Christmas song
A team of researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India and the University of Wolverhampton recently found an unexpected amphibian in the forest marsh of Namdapha-Kamlang in northeast India. As… Read the rest of the article: Scientists discover new frog that quacks like a duck
Did you know that Corey Feldman has a rap career? The former child star has pursued a number of different media avenues since the height of his acting career in… Read the rest of the article: Corey Feldman is taking his rap career on tour with Limp Bizkit
On Thursday, December 7, the Los Angeles Police Department took to The Social Media Platform Formerly Known as Twitter to issue a warning to the city's residents: The LAPD is… Read the rest of the article: Los Angeles Police issue warning about "possible first amendment activity"
A Potato Wasn't A Christian: A Story For Children (not as Funny as it Sounds) is a 3-page Evangelical pamphlet published by the Pilgrim Tract Society in 1960 that, uhh,… Read the rest of the article: "A Potato That Wasn't A Christian" is a 1960 pamphlet that's not as funny as it sounds
For years, the Israeli government has allowed for widows to request posthumous sperm retrieval from fallen soldiers in the Israeli Defense Force. As The Times of Israel explains: Sperm must… Read the rest of the article: Israel loosens rules for retrieving sperm from corpses
There's a lot to love in the 15-or-so years that Chris Claremont spent as the primary writer of the X-Men franchise (with the Dark Phoenix Saga being perhaps the most… Read the rest of the article: Someone finally asked Chris Claremont about Professor X's weird sexy photograph collection
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that vintage iPods are all the rage with kids these days — a trend the Inquirer first picked up when Philly-based Urban Outfitters began selling refurbished… Read the rest of the article: Gen Zers are reportedly paying top dollar for vintage refurbished iPods
Madame Web is the latest addition to Sony's Spider-Man movie universe, following on the heels of Venom, the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, and the infamous Morbius disaster. The new trailer,… Read the rest of the article: Watch the trailer for Madame Web, Sony's silliest Spider-spin-off yet
Noted UFOlogist Tom Delonge recently rejoined his teenage pop-punk band, Blink-182, and to celebrate the occasion, Fender has released a new version of his old signature guitar, which became a… Read the rest of the article: Fender's new Tom Delonge Strat is out of this world, in more ways than one
Amazon has announced that, as of December 4, 2023, the Comixology app is officially done. Amazon purchased the digital comic book service in 2014, and has gradually blurred the lines… Read the rest of the article: Amazon is finally killing Comixology for good
Just about a month ago, I shared a re-creation of several Red Hot Chilli Peppers albums using nothing but audio samples from Donkey Kong Country. Rather than rest on their… Read the rest of the article: "Killing In The Name" performed entirely with Sega Genesis audio samples
When you're a small independent musician on Spotify, the "1,000-play mark" is sort of a coveted moment for every new song you release. That's when your Spotify artist page starts… Read the rest of the article: Spotify's new royalty payment update hurts indie musicians even more than before
"Come Out, Ye Black & Tans" is one of the more popular Irish Rebel songs. But the third verse often gets overlooked in discussions of its legacy: Come tell us… Read the rest of the article: When the Black & Tans left Ireland for Palestine
The MIT Technology Review recently published a great piece about the history of .tk domain names. Initially, it tugged a nostalgic string in my heart — there was a time,… Read the rest of the article: The new rise and fall of .TK domain names
In a recent study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution titled "Evolutionary dynamics of whole-body regeneration across planarian flatworms," a group of researchers looked into the limitations of regeneration… Read the rest of the article: Flatworms can either regrow their bodies or have sex, but not both
