After being forced to stay overseas for seven years because of the war in Iraq, the Iraqi soccer team has finally returned home to a cheering crowd. More »
In London's Trafalgar Square, thousands of random people are getting an hour in the spotlight as human art, in the "One & Other" exhibition. More »
While you probably won’t find a city in America that doesn’t celebrate Independence Day in some form or another, you may not be aware of some of the other fun and bizarre summer celebrations that you’ll find around the world. If you feel like having fun at a unique and quirky summer festival, here are a few upcoming events you might want to mark on your calendar. More »
Archaeologists recently discovered bone flutes that are at least 35,000 years old, proving that music truly is timeless. More »
Whether you’ve been a feline aficionado for years, or you’ve never come across a kitty you could tolerate, we’ve found four cats that prove how fascinating the species truly is. More »
While Guitar Hero may not always be easy on the ears, the video game has been shown to help aid hospital patients' rehabilitation efforts. More »
Susan Boyle's newfound singing career is one of the most amazing underdog stories of recent times—but we've rounded up a few others that you might find just as inspiring. More »
At the age of two, Gina Incandela was diagnosed with autism. But with early intervention, she flourished and discovered a passion for music—and now she's wowing crowds around the country with her amazing voice. More »
More than 40 years after the brutal Ku Klux Klan lynching that made it famous, a Mississippi town has elected its first African-American mayor. More »
Since 1990, hirstute competitors from around the world have been coming together to compete in the biennial World Beard and Moustache Championships, showing off their bizarre and creative facial hair arrangements for the chance of winning first prize in one of eighteen categories. More »
If you can sew, you can save the puffins. At least, that is, if you live on the remote Scottish island of St. Kilda, where dozens of baby birds become lost in flight and die after heading inland instead of out towards sea. More »
No one would dispute the fact that Princeton students are a pretty smart bunch. But recently, some of Princeton's chess players got beaten by an unlikely group of competitors -- inmates from the maximum-security New Jersey State prison. More »
You've got to be 18 to make your way to the polls -- but that hasn't stopped a group of middle-schoolers from Atlanta's Ron Clark Academy from spreading the word about Americans' election day civic duty: the group has created a song about voting that's turned into a YouTube sensation. More »
Cholla, a mustang-quarter horse mix, began painting about four years ago, using his teeth to hold a watercolor brush and stroke a sheet of paper. More »
Archaeologists' new dating techniques reveal a shocking fact about cave paintings: many of the paintings were done over a period of 20,000 years or so. More »