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]

Highschool of the Dead volume 8 will be released this Spring, after a 2 year hiatus during which the author focused on his other manga, Triage X. The announcement was revealed in the 5th and 6th color volumes of HOTD. The anime, which has also been on hiatus, covered the first 4 volumes so there should be enough material ... [Read More]

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) was quick to cry racism about a Coca-Cola Superbowl ad, which depicted a stereotypical Arab wandering the desert with a camel while bandlanders, cowboys and showgirls raced past him for a chance to win some Coke. Warren David, President of the American-Arab ... [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]

Leading up to the conclusion of "Death of the Family," the Joker has been kidnapping Batman's sidekicks. At the end of each bat book, he teases to unveil a bloody silver platter. It appeared Joker cut off Batman's face, which is covered by his cape in Batman #16 but in Teen Titans #16 he presents two silver platters to ... [Read More]

Researchers from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the Institute of Scientific Instruments (ISI) in the Czech Republic have created a real-life tractor beam like the one popularized in Star Trek. The beam of light reverses the radiation force that normally pushes away objects such as the tail of a comet, which ... [Read More]