The 40’s and 50’s were rife with the misleading mania of printed advertisements. Back when newspapers served a broader purpose than lining an assortment of animals’ cages and making pinatas, they ran on the ads that filled them. Wholesome as the elderly love to portray their hayday as having been, the many ads they were […]

More than 50 million people in China are practically quarantined because a deadly new virus has suddenly erupted in Wuhan. The disease is said to have originated in a meat market in Wuhan and spread rapidly to other areas of China, then to Japan, Thailand, South Korea and the United States. Suspicious cases have also been […]

Are deepfakes a threat to democracy? The creator of a series of viral clips says he is raising awareness of their subversive potential You’ve heard of deepfakes – doctored videos fabricating apparently real footage of people – and their potential to disrupt democracy. But this might be the clip that makes you believe it. A YouTube […]

On Friday, September 13, a truck bound for the Georgia-based tabletop and video game company Trivium Studios took a turn too sharply, spilling 216,000 gaming dice onto Interstate 75 in Atlanta in what could be the biggest unintentional dice roll ever. According to Trivium Studios’ community manager, speaking to Kotaku about the incident, the truck […]

Last week, a Korean TV special called Meeting You aired which focused on a family’s loss of their 7-year-old daughter. And in an unsettling finale, the program attempted to reunite the girl with her mother using a virtual reality recreation, complete with audio. You can see it below. Not only was the girl fully replicated in 3D, […]

If you need proof that some folks in America have had enough of Donald Trump already, look no further than an answer to a recent poll aimed at Democrats. As the New Hampshire primaries get underway, the likes of Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg will be looking to build upon their success in Iowa, while […]

There’s wanting to improve your image and then there’s spending almost £40,000 on trying to make yourself look like Barbie, which is what this young girl is striving to achieve. Amanda Ahola, 22, from Finland had her sights set on surgery since she was 16. And, after continuously saving all her wages, two years later, […]

A gang of illegal immigrants has been caught trying to FLEE the UK – fearing mistreatment in Britain after Brexit. Shocked border guards in France found the 33 stowaways on a lorry in Calais that had justarrived from Dover. An immigration charity worker said: “This is very rare.” The runaways told officials they wanted to get […]

1856-57 “Cloud Study, Light-Dark,” Gustave Le Gray. Two separate negatives (the sky and the sea) are joined at the horizon. This enabled Le Gray to balance two different exposure levels. IMAGE: “FAKING IT: MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE PHOTOSHOP” AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART c. 1855 “Two-Headed Man,” unidentified American artist IMAGE: “FAKING IT: MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE PHOTOSHOP” […]

Salt and pepper shakers are so omnipresent on tabletops that adding a dash of the white or black stuff (or both!) is almost a dining rite. The seasonings pair well with just about everything and they go together like — well, salt and pepper. But these two culinary staples have not always occupied such a […]

President to delay action ‘until such time as I review all conservation facts’ Leonardo DiCaprio: decision to reverse ban on elephant parts ‘reprehensible’ Donald Trump said he would delay his administration’s decision to allow the importing of elephant body parts from Zimbabwe “until such time as I review all conservation facts”. The postponement came just one […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians. Restaurants in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have refused to accept Chinese customers. Indonesians marched near […]

Fifty years ago, this prosperous Pennsylvania coal town was ripped apart by a devastating subterranean mine fire. Today, the flames still burn in Centralia. The road is dark, sharp and slippery, winding through naked trees and into the wintry Pennsylvanian mist. Thick layers of clouds are concealing the hills, black rocks and silver birches lingering […]

A Chinese internet influencer has revealed the truth behind a video of her tucking into a bowl of bat soup after it caused global outrage. WARNING: CONFRONTING IMAGES [embedded content] A Chinese celebrity vlogger has defended a gruesome video showing her devouring a bowl of bat soup went viral in the wake of the new […]

Called “the Holy Grail of herpetologists” among the global community of reptile aficionados because so little is known about them, the ultra-rare lizards are native to the island of Borneo and concentrate in lowland rainforests near rivers. [embedded content] Until recently, scientists and collectors had captured fewer than one hundred specimens since the species’ 1877 discovery. […]