DOMINICA, Caribbean Underwater footage making the rounds this week shows sperm whales doing something almost no other animal does: sleeping standing up. The cli
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina On a quiet street corner at the north end of the Latin Bridge, a small grey plaque marks the exact spot where the First World W
In the weightless environment of the International Space Station, everyday actions can produce surprising results. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrated one of the most...
A bizarre new anti-theft tactic at Brazilian events is turning the usual security routine upside down: instead of checking your phone when you enter,...
A tiny convenience store perched 120 meters (394 feet) above the ground on a near-vertical cliff in southern China continues to capture global attention...
A white zippered pouch stamped "Lunar Sample Return" — the decontamination bag Neil Armstrong used to protect the very first lunar samples ever collected...
An 84-year-old New Hampshire man walked into Concord Public Library earlier this month carrying a September 1894 issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine....
Hard Mountain Dew is offering $1 million to the first person who can submit verified proof that Bigfoot exists. The alcoholic beverage brand launched...
Ice hotter than 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit? It's easier to imagine a kitchen sponge being instantly vaporized in an oven this hot. But scientists recently...
After more than a century and a half of silence, massive American bison are once again crossing the dry grasslands near Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila. In...