Adrian Smith is a bug nerd. The head of the Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, he studies insects and also creates digital media to… Read the rest of the article: Astounding slo-mo videos of insects in flight

Last week when Trump arrived in Wilmington, North Carolina for an appearance, The Animals classic 1964 hit "House of the Rising Sun" blared from the loudspeakers. The Animals' Eric Burdon… Read the rest of the article: Why The Animals' Eric Burdon is OK with Trump using "House of the Rising Sun"

On August 21 at the US Smithsonian's National Zoo, Mei Xiang gave birth to a beautiful panda cub. You can check out the Zoo's Giant Panda Cams but for an… Read the rest of the article: Panda cub! The best of the National Zoo's panda cam videos as picked by the curators and panda keeper

Police in Millersburg, Kentucky, pulled over a driver last week after noticing that their license plate looked a bit "off model," as cartoonists say. The individual was also lacking auto… Read the rest of the article: Kentucky driver busted for hand-drawn license plate

In artists Erwin Driessens and Maria Verstappen's installation "Pareidolia," a computer vision system uses facial recognition software to find faces in grains of sand. Of course, "pareidolia" is a trick… Read the rest of the article: Computer finds faces in grains of sand

Using Europe's largest solar telescope, GREGOR, researchers captured these incredible images of details on the surface of the sun. Above is a sunspot while the image below "reveals intricate structures… Read the rest of the article: Startling, beautiful, and weird close-up images of our Sun

The New York City rats are hungry. That's not a good sign. From the New York Post: “I saw the little pigeon that was hurt and it was kind staggering… Read the rest of the article: Watch Pigeon vs. Rat, a decidedly NYC brawl

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated just 73 seconds after liftoff. The seven person crew included high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian to fly into… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for new docuseries about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

Imagine that your jacket changes shape depending on the temperature or your socks can provide additional support with the push of a button. Harvard engineers created a new material using… Read the rest of the article: Programmable, 3D-printed fabric that can "remember" its original shape and transform into new ones

If you must have sex with someone outside of your household or social bubble, dispense with the kissing and consider wearing a mask, says Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health… Read the rest of the article: Safer sex now means wearing a mask, says Canada's Chief Public Health Officer

Perhaps in preparation for the Mid-Autumn Festival on October 1, this superhero harnesses all her superpowers to make some quite magical Mooncakes. (via Kottke)

Residents of Redding, California are reporting mysterious letters and numbers drawn in the dust on their automobiles. Some people are suggesting that the codes could be the work of sex… Read the rest of the article: Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California

PSA Press is making these clever pinbacks benefiting Black Girls Code and Movement For Black Lives. "Throughout history, athletes and activism have been linked," states PSA Press. "There is a… Read the rest of the article: Fantastic pins remix pro sports logos with Black Lives Matter

My friends in the music industry have produced a fantastic compilation of previously unreleased recordings by the likes of REM, Matt Berninger, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Phoebe Bridgers, Death Cab for Cutie,… Read the rest of the article: "Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy"

A masterpiece by West Chester, Pennsylvania artist Cassius King.

Did you leave your vials of hamster DNA on a train in Heidelberg, Germany? Last Friday, a bomb squad was called aboard a public train to investigate an abandoned styrofoam… Read the rest of the article: Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train?

Step right up to see Chico, the singing parrot that lives at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Lincolnshire, England. The 9-year-old, Yellow-crowned Amazon made headlines singing Beyonce's "If I Were… Read the rest of the article: Meet Chico, the parrot that sings Beyonce and Lady Gaga

This robot, named Model-T, is now stocking shelves at a FamilyMart convenience store in Japan. For this trial use, the alien-looking robot is controlled by an operator in a remote… Read the rest of the article: Alien-looking robot to stock convenience store shelves

In every high school there's always one or two guys who look like they're full-grown adults. Maybe they are! Police in Baldwin County, Georgia arrested Abay Holmes, 21, who had… Read the rest of the article: Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school

98 Kōshien is a high school baseball videogame released only in Japan for the PlayStation in 1998. One of the features is the ability to customize the pitchers' windups. This… Read the rest of the article: Ridiculous baseball videogame from 1998 results in ridiculous baseball ballet videos made by players