It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a rare Superman comic book! And it fetched $9.12M! Posted December 25, 2025 A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother's attic, netted $9.12 million last month at a Texas auction house, …
Louvre boosts security with 100 cameras and other measures after crown jewels heist Posted December 18, 2025 The head of the Louvre Museum said that new security measures are being put in place at the Paris landmark after October’s stunning crown jewels heist. The camer…
Slime, Battleship, and Trivial Pursuit join the Toy Hall of Fame Posted December 8, 2025 Slime, that gooey, sticky, and often-homemade plaything, was enshrined in the National Toy Hall of Fame along with perennial bestselling games Battleship and Triv…
Shout-out for yodeling? Swiss seek recognition from UN cultural agency as tradition turns modern Posted December 5, 2025 Yodel-ay-hee ... what?! Those famed yodeling calls that for centuries have echoed through the Alps, and more recently have morphed into popular song and folk musi…
The new $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits Posted November 29, 2025 Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundat…
A mushroom farm in Kenya and fungi-based panels give hope for sustainable building Posted November 22, 2025 A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind. It grows fungi on an industrial scale—not as food for restaurants but as a building material that some K…
As the world discovers the Faroe Islands, there’s a push for local food Posted November 16, 2025 Conditions aren’t friendly in the Faroe Islands for growing food. Raked by North Atlantic winds and nibbled by thousands of sheep, the nearly treeless islands hav…
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts Posted November 6, 2025 Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cut…
Giant Northern California corn maze lets visitors enjoy getting lost Posted November 1, 2025 The owners of a giant Northern California corn maze once crowned the world's largest want visitors to remember that there is fun in getting lost. "It is confus…
Foraging revival: How wild food enthusiasts are reconnecting with nature Posted October 27, 2025 Standing barefoot in a grassy patch of dandelions, Iris Phoebe Weaver excitedly begins listing the many ways the modest plant can be used medicinally and in cooking. "I just picke…