This is not just any other nude photo series. Anton Belovodchenko’s black and white “bodyscapes” is more fine art than nude. A bodyscape is an artistic style where closeup photographs of the human form convey the impression of landscape. Anton’s work is…
There’s nothing quite like turtle tears to quench your thirst — if you’re a butterfly that is. Nope, this isn’t a photoshopped or extremely well-timed shot. It’s documented, albeit unusual, behavior known as lachryphagy (tear drinking). It’s one of several…
When Chicago mother and photographer Ivette Ivens saw a French bulldog puppy that was born on the same day as her son Dilan, she knew she had to get him. “I saw Farley’s birth date and just knew it’s meant to…
Pint-sized Rohan was only 3 years old when he went for his first board-breaking test at Paek Taekwondo in California, to earn his white belt. The little tyke had many adorable failed first attempts, prompting laughter from all. But Rohan’s instructor encouraged…
We all know that dogs are awesome. And here’s another reason: in one UK hospital, they’re going to be used to sniff out cancer. A trial of whether dogs can smell if someone has cancer has been so successful that…
Meet Kiran Gandhi. The 26-year-old has a Harvard MBA and was the former drummer for M.I.A. She ran this year’s London marathon on the first day of her period — without a tampon or sanitary towel. And it was all for a…
This will be the cutest thing you’ve seen all day. Are you ready? We present a baby Java mouse deer, born weeks earlier at Dutch zoo Natura Artis Magistra. The Java mouse deer is one of the smallest hoofed mammals in the…
Meet Hunter Scott. He’s a computer engineer from Georgia Tech who managed to do something pretty cool. Scott put his programming skills to good use and wrote a Twitter bot that automatically entered competitions. It won him on average four competitions per day, every day,…
Life is absurd, as Tumblr blog Absurd Life Quote‘s pithy one-liners remind us. Which modern life absurdity do you relate to? #1. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6. #7. #8. #9. #10. #11. #12. #13. #14. #15. #16. #17. #18. #19. #20. #21. #22.
Make sure you’re comfortable, because this video from Glam, starring model Matty Watts, will surely leave you breathless. We’ve always had an interest in men’s fashion and erm… history… but we didn’t appreciate just how gripping 100 years of men’s swimwear would be: From this…
Meet Cara Duggan. She lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Earlier this week she tried to buy a used used juicer on Gumtree. Duggan’s mother, Kim, has stage 4 oesophageal cancer and a Nutribullet juicer is the best way for her to receive high-density nutrition.…
Meet Sam Cookney. Like many London residents, he was fed up with his extortionate rent. Unlike most Londoners, he decided to do something about it. Done the sums. Would actually be cheaper for me to rent 2 bed flat in Barcelona+commute…
When Latvian-born Canadian model Elizaveta Bulokhova was 24 years old, she received both the best and worst news of her life: she was pregnant, but she also had cancer. Bulokhova’s toothache during a trip to Amsterdam with her husband Roman Troubetskoi…
All little ones love hugging their soft toys, and this baby kangaroo is no exception. Tim Beshara, an adviser to Greens senator for Tasmania Peter Whish-Wilson, tweeted this adorable picture of an orphaned baby kangaroo hugging a teddy-bear earlier this…
Coast guards everywhere can learn a thing or two from their Italian counterparts, who have created a special K9 lifeguard unit made up of Newfoundland dogs. These pooches are intelligent, gentle, and above all, known for bravely saving swimmers in distress. The Newfoundlands are trained for…
When Andrea Diaz-Giovanini tried to get her nine-month-old son Samuel to talk by enticing him with a treat, she wasn’t expecting him to be upstaged by the family dog. While Andrea couldn’t coax Sam to say “Mama,” Australian Shepherd dog Patches manages to clearly articulate the…