Cruise secrets: Strangest cargo ever brought on board REVEALED – can you guess what it is?

Cruise ships carry a huge number of passengers and crew on board along with all their luggage and food. Thanks to modern technology, storage, especially of food items, is now much easier. But back in the 19th century, cruise companies had to be resourceful. In 1840 Cunard’s RMS Britannia set forth on its maiden transatlantic […]

Creepy, cute and elusive: In search of Madagascar’s strangest creature

Mark Stratton September 6, 2018 Share this article It’s been a 10-year quest for travel writer Mark Stratton to see an aye-aye, one of Madagascar’s rarest lemurs, in the wild. Would this road trip end with a sighting? Five years ago, I slipped a security guard €5 and snuck into Antananarivo zoo at night. I […]

‘Sorry to Bother You’ Trailer: All Hail One of 2018’s Strangest (and Best) Films

You may think you’re ready to see Boots Riley‘s sensational Sorry to Bother You. But I assure you, you are not ready for some of the bizarre ideas and off-the-wall imagery this film has in store for you. Annapurna Pictures wisely scooped up Riley’s much-discussed debut movie after it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, […]

The Xperia XZ2 is Sony’s fastest, strangest flagship phone yet

Sony has longed to find lasting success in the smartphone market, but none of the devices it released in the past few years have done the job. It’s clearly time for a change, and Sony knows that — that’s why the new Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact are notable steps away from the company’s smartphone […]

Craft Beer Is the Strangest, Happiest Economic Story in America

The monopolies are coming. In almost every economic sector, including television, books, music, groceries, pharmacies, and advertising, a handful of companies control a prodigious share of the market. The beer industry has been one of the worst offenders. The refreshing simplicity of Blue Moon, the vanilla smoothness of Boddingtons, the classic brightness of a Pilsner […]

The 6 strangest things the Curiosity rover beamed back from Mars (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)

Published time: 5 Aug, 2017 08:44 Edited time: 5 Aug, 2017 08:52 It’s five years to the day since NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover touched down on the surface of Mars – a staggering 248 million kilometers (154 million miles) from Earth. Curiosity has many a space nerd hooked to its updates, providing huge quantities of […]

The strangest habits I picked up from living in 23 different countries

Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters I’ve been travelling the world since 2003, but even forgetting the time involved, I have lived in twenty three countries (and counting); that’s lived as in, spent at least a month (usually three, and over a year in some) in the country where I invested serious time into speaking its language (or already […]

Can This Freshman Salvage the Strangest Season in Duke History?

This season, the most talented college basketball team in the country has weathered injuries and suffered the absence of a true point guard. Their coach temporarily banned them from the locker room and took away their gear. They’ve rallied behind an All-American more famous for on-court tantrums than his premier talent. Yet the Duke Blue […]

15 Of The Strangest Dystopias In Gaming

The future is scary and, according to these 15 dystopias in video games, it’s going to get a lot stranger before things get better. This post originally appeared on Kotaku on January 1, 2015. Remember Me Paris, the city of lights and memories. But what about memories that can be shared and erased? Neo-Paris has […]