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Watch a guy pull off a sting operation to smack down a bike thief
A Portland man who is not named Simon Jackson identified his stolen bike when the thief put it up for sale on Seattle Craigslist. So he wrote an email offering to buy the bike, and traveled to Seattle with backup and cameras. When the thief showed up to sell him his bike back, “Simon” confronted […]
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Should we talk about the weather? Discussing climate without killing the conversation
Warmer weather and severe storms are changing the game for one New England ski resort. The Slow Ride Stories crew hears how the business is adapting -- and how nearby residents are getting along in a hot and volatile new world.
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This is what North Dakota’s oil boom looks like
A tremendous spike in production is great news for the state in the short term. For the state. In the short term.
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This kangaroo escape caper is ‘Dr. Doolittle’ meets ‘The Italian Job’
If you were a kangaroo in a zoo in Germany, would you say to yourself, “OK, well, I guess I’m never going to see Australia again, but hey, at least I like the smell of bratwurst”? Or would you say, “I bet it’s just a matter of time until the fox over there digs a […]
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Seriously, what the hell is this thing
io9 is asking for help on behalf of a reader who found a horrible tentacle-thing on the ground in Stockholm, Sweden. He wants help identifying it, presumably so that when he gets devoured his next-of-kin knows where to search for its lair. I’m gonna go with “the unholy offspring of a sea urchin, an Elder […]
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Here is a map of America’s most obese states
Winning the dubious distinction of first place: Mississippi.
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All the plants in the Amazon would die without this tiny patch of desert in Africa
Sometimes nature has the coolest trans-continental bromance with itself.
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Tommy Lee: ‘Please don’t torture whales by playing them Mötley Crüe’
Tommy Lee may specialize in loud music, amateur porn, and wearing eyeliner even though he’s almost 50, but he’s not a monster. He loves his animal brethren, and he would never torment them by forcing them to listen to the same music his human fans pay like $200 to hear live. That’s why he wrote […]
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Giant pythons are taking over the Everglades
Last week, researchers at the University of Florida got a present — a gigantic Burmese python, the largest anyone had ever found in the Everglades. The good news: It was dead. The bad news: It weighed 164 pounds, measured a record 17.5 feet in length, and was a foot wide. For context, that’s as long […]
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At long last, the Exxon Valdez will be turned into scrap
The ship responsible for the 1989 disaster will finally be converted to scrap.
