Die ganz Kleinen bekommen ihn vorgelesen und fürchten ihn, den Schurken mit dem wilden Bart. Die Größeren fiebern mit und staunen über den Hund Wasti, der von der Witwe Schlotterbeck in ein Krokodil verwandelt wird und auch erwachsenen (Vor-)Leser*innen wächst er ans Herz: der Mann mit dem Autoritätsproblem, der regelmäßig aus dem Gefängnis abhaut und…

Speakers recently flew in from around (or perhaps, across?) the earth for a three-day event held in Birmingham: the UK’s first ever public flat earth convention. It was well attended, and wasn’t just three days of speeches and YouTube clips (though, granted, there was a lot of this). There was also a lot of team-building, networking,…

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Britain is set to enjoy a record-breaking bank holiday Monday as highs of 29C will see London reach hotter temperatures than Mexico. Today is predicted to be the warmest May bank holiday Monday since the holiday was…

What’s better than a cute child? A cute child dressed up as an old person. Whether it’s their 100th day of school (a day in which some kids dress up like they’re 100 years old) or Halloween, you have to admit there’s nothing you can’t enjoy about a young child looking like their elders. The…

A well bowled yorker puts pressure on the batting side, but what happens when they turn into full tosses instead? © Getty Images On YouTube there is grainy footage of a tussle between Waqar Younis and Brian Lara in a Rawalpindi Test, in 1997. Lara scythes Younis for consecutive fours, regally swatting the ball through…

Enlarge / Large inflatable globe getting hugged by a woman in a red skirt. Getty ImagesSpeakers recently flew in from around (or perhaps, across?) the Earth for a three-day event held in Birmingham: the UK’s first ever public Flat Earth Convention. It was well attended, and it wasn’t just three days of speeches and YouTube…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On the streets of Tehran, every day seems to bring more worry and fear ahead of President Donald Trump’s decision this week on whether to pull America out of the nuclear deal with Iran. Exchange shop windows that once showed rates for Iranian rial to U.S. dollar transactions have gone blank,…

A doctor in Slovenia has reported on a case with a lesson you might want to remember. If you wind up with a brain implant at some point down the road—including the kind that might someday allow you to control computers with your mind—be sure you don’t try and charge it during a thunderstorm. According…