The sign at Dude Chilling Park was first installed in 2012. This is the third time someone has made off with the sign — presumably to hang over their couch. It will cost $1,300 to replace it. - 6 days ago 25 Feb 21, 10:56am -
Meteorologist Paul Grisham lost his wallet while working in Antarctica 53 years ago. It was found and recently mailed to him. The items inside brought back memories, and included a recipe for Kahlua. - 24 days ago 7 Feb 21, 12:48pm -
Do you need something to liven up your virtual business meetings? You can hire a goat or two from Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Lancashire, England to make a cameo appearance in your call. - 25 days ago 6 Feb 21, 1:00pm -
It's easy to see why sloths have become icons of laziness. But zoologist Lucy Cooke says behind their leisurely pace is a marvelous evolutionary advantage that is the secret to their survival. - 25 days ago 5 Feb 21, 2:35pm -
Champion race car driver Michael Andretti won the race — covering 350 feet at a top speed of 17 miles per hour. The event helped to launch the parking garage at a new casino in Washington state. - 27 days ago 4 Feb 21, 10:55am -
It started as a protest in 2004, Hank Robar placed several toilets filled with fake flowers on his property in Potsdam. Officials ordered him to remove them. The case went to federal court. - 28 days ago 3 Feb 21, 10:56am -
Researchers throughout the years have studied the use of curse words and according to some, dropping a well-placed expletive can be a sign of honesty or an indication of a high pain tolerance. - 35 days ago 27 Jan 21, 11:16am -
A pharmacist in Grafton, Wisc., is accused of tampering with supplies of the Moderna vaccine in December. He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of two charges. - 35 days ago 27 Jan 21, 3:09am -
A new study investigates whether common ownership of cereal makers by institutional investors is leading them to become a kind of stealth monopoly. - 36 days ago 26 Jan 21, 11:31am -
With the rock cut open, it looks exactly like the face of Cookie Monster of Sesame Street fame. Geologist Mike Bowers found the rock in November. Its rare nature means it could be worth $10,000. - 37 days ago 25 Jan 21, 11:45am -
A little over a month ago we posted about croissant sneakers. Food-themed sneakers are apparently the big new thing, because Planters Peanuts has now debuted peanut sneakers, retailing for $170.And not to be outdone, Ruffles Chips has introduced lim… - 29 Jun 19, 11:41am -
From back in the day when advertisers just tried to scare consumers silly:"Coated tongue means self-poisoning. Correct it by all means."Click to enlargeNew York Daily News - Apr 14, 1932 - 28 Jun 19, 11:01am -
When San Diego performance artist Claudio Cano does her act, much of the audience isn’t aware that she’s actually performing, because her performance consists of dressing up as a Latina maid (whom she calls Rosa Hernandez) and sweeping or mopping… - 27 Jun 19, 11:25am -
Coca-Cola isn’t just for drinking. It also has a medical use: to dissolve gastric phytobezoars (masses of indigestible material in the gastrointestinal system). Doctors administer the Coca-Cola via a tube threaded through the nose down into the int… - 26 Jun 19, 11:26am -
Turn off for 5 seconds, then on for 8 seconds, then off for 2 seconds, then on for 8 seconds, then off for 2 seconds, then on for 8 seconds… This has got to be a test to see how long until people simply smash the bulb against the wall in frustrati… - 25 Jun 19, 11:23am -
LIFE after death researchers have shared the harrowing account of a man who had a brush with death more than 50 years ago. The man claims to have entered a white light that left him at peace with the near-death experience . - 4 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 9:18pm -
EGYPT's Curse of the Pharaohs has long piqued the interest of the public and Egyptologists alike, and leading expert Dr Zahi Hawass recalled bizarre "incidents" that occurred while probing the mummy of Tutankhamun. - 13 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 12:22pm -
A MAN who temporarily died believes he was aware of transitioning to the 'other side' and briefly became aware of everything, including the rotation of the Earth. - 19 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 6:41am -
CORONAVIRUS has sparked a global health crisis, prompting many to seek comfort in the Bible - but what does the Bible have to say about COVID-19? - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 3:36pm -
NOSTRADAMUS is widely regarded as the world's greatest prophetic mind with at least three predictions that have eerily come true. What did the French mystic say awaits us in 2021? - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 3:26pm -
NOSTRADAMUS'S 16th-century predictions are said to have foretold the outbreak of World War 2 and the assassination of John F Kennedy. Here are some of Nostradamus's predictions that could still come to pass in 2021, paired with a leading psychic's pr… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 3:11pm -
BABA VANGA is hailed by many as the most powerful medium and seer to have walked the Earth since Nostradamus. Here are some of Baba Vanga's predictions that could still unfold in 2021, paired with a prominent psychic's predictions for the new year. - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 3:06pm -
THE SECOND COMING of Jesus Christ has been prophesied in the Holy Bible with Christians worldwide awaiting the triumphant day of the Messiah's return. A scripture expert has now explained how God will unleash His wrath during the "most important even… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 3:01pm -
A MAN who temporarily died believes he now knows the answer as to whether there is life after death and has detailed his perceived experience of the afterlife. - 2 days ago 28 Feb 21, 2:53pm -
THE FBI have confirmed they are "aware" of a bizarre UFO sighting, after an experienced American Airlines pilot spotted a "cylindrical object flying overhead" during a flight this week. - 4 days ago 27 Feb 21, 9:39am -
Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson said he held himself "ultimately accountable" for the failing that led to the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia. - 52 mins ago 3 Mar 21, 12:33am -
Advocates have welcomed a Victorian parliamentary inquiry’s recommendation that Nazi hate symbols and iconography be banned in the state. - 1 hour ago 3 Mar 21, 12:14am -
A Morrison government cabinet minister accused of a historical rape will publicly identify himself today in a declaration of innocence. - 3 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 10:50pm -
Almost one in five Chinese Australians reported being attacked or physically threatened in the past year because of their Chinese heritage, a wide-ranging survey by the Lowy Institute shows. - 3 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 9:58pm -
Australia's international borders will remain closed until 17 June, 15 months after they were first introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic. - 4 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 9:10pm -
Academics have welcomed the aged care royal commission's final report but predict that cost will prevent many of its 148 recommendations from ever being implemented. - 5 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 8:33pm -
FBI Director Chris Wray has condemned the 6 January riot at the US Capitol as "domestic terrorism" as he defended the bureau's handling of intelligence. - 6 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 7:48pm -
The United States has announced sanctions on senior Russian government officials and Russian entities in response to what US officials said was Moscow’s attempt to kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent. - 6 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 7:24pm -
Six Dr Seuss books will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author's legacy says. - 6 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 7:11pm -
Hurricanes are known to occur in the lower atmosphere of Earth and even other planets, but had never before been detected in the upper atmosphere. An international team of scientists made the unprecedented discovery during retrospective analysis of s… - 7 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 6:07pm -
It is often difficult to find out exactly where the individual species can be found and how their populations are developing. According to a new overview, specially trained detection dogs can be indispensable in such cases. With the help of these dog… - 10 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 3:48pm -
Scientists report connecting the ear of a dead locust to a robot that receives the ear's electrical signals and responds accordingly. - 10 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 3:48pm -
A team of researchers has developed a theoretical model to design a soft material that demonstrates autonomous oscillating properties that mimic biological functions, like heartbeat. - 12 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 1:52pm -
Researchers have succeeded in culturing meat in the laboratory in the form of millimeter-scale slabs of contractile bovine muscle. This innovative tissue culture process, arrayed in stackable hydrogel modules, uses electrical pulses to align myotubul… - 13 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 12:54pm -
An international team of researchers has read an unopened letter from Renaissance Europe - without breaking its seal or damaging it in any way. - 13 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 12:54pm -
In June 2019, an international team brought the complete skull of the 3.67-million-year-old Little Foot Australopithecus skeleton, from South Africa to the UK and achieved unprecedented imaging resolution of its bony structures and dentition in an X-… - 13 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 12:53pm -
Hours before the 2018 eruption of Sierra Negra, the Galápagos Islands' largest volcano, an earthquake rumbled and raised the ground more than 6 feet in an instant. The event, which triggered the eruption, was captured in rare detail by an internatio… - 13 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 12:53pm -
A research team has developed a new soft tactile sensor with skin-comparable characteristics. A robotic gripper with the sensor mounted at the fingertip could accomplish challenging tasks such as stably grasping fragile objects and threading a needle… - 1 day ago 1 Mar 21, 6:38pm -
X-ray scans and digital reconstructions revealed the contents of undelivered letters that were sealed more than 600 years ago. - 6 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 7:53pm -
Two ancient stone coffins that may have once held the remains of a husband and wife have been rediscovered in a wildlife park near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. - 12 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 12:56pm -
Eight years after an asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, scientists are taking advantage of a flyby of the infamous asteroid Apophis to practice protecting Earth from space rocks. - 13 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 12:26pm -
Like mad scientists, researchers are creating miniature black holes in their laboratories. Their mission? To see if a mysterious form of radiation predicted by Stephen Hawking exists. - 13 hours ago 2 Mar 21, 12:23pm -