VW Didn’t Help Police Find Kidnapped Child Because GPS Subscription Expired

Remember a time when not everything imaginable was tied to a monthly subscription service? These days, everything from your TV to your car needs some kind of subscription. Yes, even your car. Manufacturers have started to ask for a monthly payment for things like seat heating, GPS navigation, or even simple engine power. Car subscription …

Scientists Create Catfish-Alligator Hybrid — And You’re Supposed to Eat It

Here’s a science fiction plotline you’ve probably seen a thousand times. Scientists take two animals, mash their genes together, and create some kind of a horrifying hybrid creature that goes on to wreak destruction. Well, what used to be yesterday’s science fiction is today’s reality. At least the part about combining genes from different animals. …

Crafty Bear Escapes Enclosure Twice in One Month, Puts Zoo on Lockdown

You don’t always need an animal-obsessed weirdo to break zoo animals out of their enclosures. Some cunning beasts manage to do it entirely on their own. Take, for example, Ben. He’s an Andean bear who lives in the St. Louis Zoo. Or at least he’s supposed to. Yet, Ben may not be entirely happy with …

Is This 21-Year-Old Girl Madeleine McCann?: Part One

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann became “the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history.” She went missing from an apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents were out to dinner. 15 years later and no one knows where she is. Though her parents and family never lost hope of seeing her again. …

New Mexico Is on Its Way to Become First State with Official Smell

Almost every American is proud of some state. It doesn’t matter if you lived there your entire life, were born there but moved away, or immigrated from another state — there’s that one state that’ll always have a special place in our hearts. Each state has its own set of officially recognized state symbols to …