Television stations in California, Montana, Michigan and New Mexico scared the life out of viewers this week. In a scene straight out of Night of the Living Dead, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) interrupted regularly-scheduled programs to announce a zombie outbreak! "Civil authorities in your area have reported that the ... [Read More]

When a prized race horse breaks its leg, it's often written off so when someone takes the time to build a wheelchair for fish, it's no wonder that it goes viral. YouTube videos show a goldfish in a harness being hand-fed by its owner. "My disabled goldfish scooting around in her newly redesigned sling," reads the ... [Read More]

Air pollution in China is as much as 40 times over the limit set by the World Health Organization. It's so bad that last month a fire at a furniture factory went unnoticed among the already smoggy skies. Chen Guangbiao, a Chinese entrepreneur known for publicity stunts, is promoting environmentalism by selling cans filled ... [Read More]

If looking at pictures of cute animals like fuzzy kittens and cuddly puppies fills you with the uncontrollable urge to squeeze the life out of them, rest assured that you're not a "budding sociopath" says Rebecca Dyer, a graduate student in psychology at Yale University. The phenomenon dubbed "cute aggression" was ... [Read More]

The Department of Homeland Security's United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued an alert about a vulnerability in Java 7 that "allows a Java applet to grant itself permission to execute arbitrary code." A hacker could exploit this by linking to a malicious website or loading the applet on a ... [Read More]

On New Year’s Eve guards at a Brazilian prison detained a prowler attempting to assist in a jailbreak. The suspect was found with incriminating tools such as drills and saws but no charges will be pressed because of mitigating circumstances: he's a cat! The inmates reportedly befriended the cat, which was able to come ... [Read More]

Former Air Force test pilot Otto Dieffenbach has been flying Remote Controlled (RC) super heroes for years but it wasn't until a passerby looked up in the sky and uploaded the now viral video to YouTube that they really took off. MORE FOOTAGE @ YouTube Channels for Otto Dieffenbach & Treggon Owens (best clips ... [Read More]