A Japanese company called Rental Kowaihito launched last month, offering to rent out "scary people" with intimidating appearances, including men with shaved heads, tattoos, and yakuza-like looks. The ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is using drones equipped with thermal cameras and loudspeakers to protect cattle from wolf attacks in Oregon and California. The drones fly over areas where wolves p ...

A 19-year-old Chinese university student named Xiao Dong became temporarily paralyzed after spending too much time with his head bent forward looking at his phone and working at a summer job. The stud ...

A Mexican hairless dog with a full-back dragon tattoo sparked outrage at Shanghai's 27th Asian Pet Show, with the owner claiming the animal felt no pain during the procedure. The elaborate Yakuza-styl ...

A French homeowner named Maria is now facing up to seven years in and a $116-thousand fine after taking back her own property from non-paying squatters while the squatters were on vacation. The bizarr ...

In a release that sounds like science fiction, Scientists say they’ve created a new form of life. The team claims to have created a new type of bacteria nicknamed Syn57 that’s more streamlined than an ...

Next someone’ll be claiming that Bigfoot isn’t real. Australian scientist Karl Kruszelnicki says there’s nothing supernatural about the Bermuda Triangle, and blames “rogue waves” for the various disap ...

A Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, Xpeng, has unveiled a quirky, new augmented reality feature called "Road Rage Reliever." Developed with Huawei, this system lets drivers aim animated emojis, l ...

Isabelle Zeidner has lived nearly her entire life with a rare condition called retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction, often known as “no‑burp syndrome.” From childhood, she noticed odd gurgling throa ...