An Astronaut Tool Bag Is Now Orbiting Earth
The tool kit, which was lost during a spacewalk, is visible from Earth.
2023-11-16 02:23
Bozophobia: A New Study Explains Why We Fear Clowns
There's new insight into the reasons we're not down with clowns.
2023-11-01 02:47
100 Facts That Will Make You Go “WTF”
Weird but fascinating facts about everything from the guy who dragged cars with his nipples to frogs shedding (and eating!) their own skin.
2023-10-30 20:19
New York City’s 20 Weirdest 311 Complaints From the Last 20 Years
NYC311 has fielded calls involving everything from goats to ghosts.
2023-10-28 02:18
9 Authors Who Believed in Ghosts
Some, like Harriet Beecher Stowe and Victor Hugo, believed they had communicated with spirits directly; others, like Nathaniel Hawthorne and Thomas Hardy, had ghostly encounters they couldn’t explain.
2023-10-12 20:18
8 Victorian Scientists Who Investigated Ghosts
Some 19th-century scientists embraced psychical research, while others tried to debunk the sensational stories.
2023-10-11 02:29
Audio Invasion: How the Theremin Went From Soviet Labs to Hollywood
The theremin—a spooky instrument that scored the biggest sci-fi films of the 1950s—was invented by accident.
2023-10-10 03:21
The Eerie Legend of the ‘Old Leatherman,’ Connecticut’s Silent Wanderer
For decades, a man dressed head to toe in leather moved through Connecticut and New York. Who was he, and what did he want?
2023-10-07 03:26
The Bizarre (and Blatantly False) Conspiracy Theory That Says the Middle Ages Never Happened
We’re currently living in the year 1725, not 2023. At least, that’s what adherents of the Phantom Time Hypothesis would have you believe. The historical conspiracy theory alleges that the years spanning from 614 to 911 CE never actually happened.
2023-09-14 01:19
Thiess of Kaltenbrun, the Man Who Went on Trial for Being a Werewolf
Thiess strolled into court in 1691 to testify in a theft trial. He wound up admitting he turned into a wolf and feasted on pigs. You know, that old story.
2023-09-09 03:15
Gotthard: World's longest rail tunnel shut for months after freight crash
National Swiss rail operator SBB said a derailed freight train caused severe damage to tracks.
2023-08-17 18:26