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Giant Screens Display Fake Sunrises in Beijing When Smog Blots Out the Real Sun
UPDATE – It turns out that the screens are actually an ad for tourism in China’s Shandong province and not a way to provide a…

Amazing Dog Tricks by Jesse the Jack Russell Terrier
Jesse the Jack Russell Terrier (“Just Jessie the Jack”) is a master showman in his latest video, performing such amazing tricks as breathing underwater, doing…

Apprehensive Cat Suddenly Breaks Out Into Strange Two-Legged Hop Across the Kitchen Floor
An apprehensive tuxedo cat, seemingly spooked by some unknown adversary, suddenly breaks out into a strange two-legged hop across the kitchen floor.

The Man Who Famously Skied San Francisco During the 1976 Snowstorm
San Francisco Chronicle freelance photographer William E. Reister captured photos of Chuck Cihak skiing San Francisco in 1976.

Paging Dr. MacGyver, The Latest in the World of DIY Medical Devices
Journalist Julian Smith explores the world of DIY medical devices in the article “Paging Dr. MacGyver” from The Magazine. Among the devices he describes—Robohand, the…

12-Year-Old Peyton Robertson Develops Ingenious Polymer Sandbag for Flood Defense
Peyton Robertson became the youngest person to win the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge with his ingenious polymer sandbag.

7-Year Old Piano Prodigy Hams It Up on ‘Ellen’
Elias Phoenix, an exuberant 7-Year old piano prodigy from Florida, made quite an impression on Ellen long before he ever got near the piano. His…

Google’s Interactive Music Timeline Traces the Popularity of Music Over the Past 60 Years
Yesterday Google released Music Timeline, a fascinating interactive visualization that traces the popularity of music over the past 60 years. The visualization can show a…

Astonishingly Realistic Wood Sculptures of Paper Objects
Artist Randall Rosenthal carves and paints solid blocks of wood into astonishingly realistic sculptures of newspapers, cash, and other paper objects. His sculptures can be…

‘The Walking Dead’ Star Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon) Gets Scared by a Legless Zombie During Cast Prank
The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon) was recently given a scare when a one-armed zombie jumped out and began crawling toward him. Norman…
