Hey, Hikers: Your Smartphone Can’t Start a Fire
As people depend more and more on their smartphones, they’re forgetting to take some basic equipment — like maps and flashlights.
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WATCH: World’s Largest Lasagna Made in Poland
In honor of the visiting Italian soccer team, a local chef whips up a whopping 5.29-ton lasagna.
4 World Trade Center Tops Out
The first of the planned skyscrapers on the former site of the World Trade Center tops out, more than a decade after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Croatian Town Names Blue Ivy Carter Honorary Citizen
Did Beyoncé and Jay-Z get the inspiration for their daughter’s name from a visit to this Adriatic Sea resort?
Smuggling Bean-And-Cheese Burritos (With Heroin) Into L.A. Jails
Former L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy Henry Marin says he didn’t know what was inside the food he passed to inmates.
Q&A: Tim Wakefield on R.A. Dickey and the Art and Science of the Knuckleball
New York Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey is the winningest pitcher in baseball so far this season. TIME talked to the only guy who knows what he’s going through, pitching legend Tim Wakefield, to find out more about the science …
Elephant to Get Tennis Ball-Sized Contact Lenses
To correct C’sar’s ailing vision, doctors at the North Carolina Zoo are willing to try something different.
What Your Dog Says About Your Sex Life
Are you a chihuahua person or a golden retriever fan? Think carefully — your answer could affect your next date.
NBA Stars to Appear in Chinese Sci-Fi Thriller
Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony and Scottie Pippen are ready for their close up.
Man in Sweden Says He’s Been AWOL for 28 Years
In 1984, David A. Hemler walked off a U.S. Air Force base in Germany and just kept walking.
Pizza Vending Machines Coming to the U.S.
Love pizza but hate touching people? Have we got a device for you!
How Bad Are Dingoes, Really?
After a coroner ruled that a dingo did, in fact, take Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton’s infant daughter Azaria more than 30 years ago, a look at how our understanding of the animals has changed.