Grist List
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Rental jeans let you cover your butt without the commitment
Don't endure the torture of buying a pair of jeans and keeping them forever! Just lease them!
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Watch a scared penguin get up the nerve to jump in the water
This penguin seems to have momentarily forgotten that he is a seabird. Hey penguin, what are you, CHICKEN?
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Dried-up pee from small fuzzy creatures has a lot to offer climate scientists
Hyrax communities also tend to settle in at particular spots. So these pee records can go back millennia -- scientists found one spot where hyraxes have been peeing for 55,000 years.
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‘Super mega-pod’ of 100,000 dolphins covers 35 square miles
It was seven miles long, five miles wide, and it contained an estimated 100,000 dolphins.
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Rampaging bunnies are attacking cars in Denver
Airport employees think that they're seeking refuge under cars because it's warm there. But we know the truth: The bunnies are a secret guerilla force on the rampage, out to undermine the prevalence of cars in this country.
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Snake wearing a sweater — NSFW
It's nice to knit your snake a sweater so he won't be cold in the winter, but maybe don't make it pink.
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Fish swimming in water contaminated by anti-anxiety drugs turn into weird loners
Perch are usually shy and hang together for protection, but they start acting antisocial and fearless when they swim around in drug-laced water.
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This company makes new bikes out of broken-down cars
The door handle becomes a seat clamp. The turn signal becomes a reflective light. The transmission belt becomes a bike chain.
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A meteor hit Russia this morning, and here’s what it looked like
A meteorite weighing an estimated 11 tons streaked through the atmosphere at 33,000 miles per hour, hitting Chelyabinsk, Russia, where it injured hundreds.
