To be an inanimate object must be, I fancy, a very uninteresting affair. Certainly, being one appears to have a disastrous effect upon the disposition. No one who has had any intercourse with ...

The coolest street art in Redwood City, California, is a subtle shout-out to anybody trying not to grow up. The Northern California city commissioned local artist Damon Belanger last year to paint ...

When Isabella Sara Novack started reading One Piece as child, she didn't expect to be engaging in a life long commitment. Now she is 24, addicted to anime, and studies Japanese in her free time. Born ...

Typically, robots are built to perform a single task. To make them more adaptable, researchers from Yale University have developed a kind of “robotic skin” that transforms ordinary objects into ...

Our pets have preferences. Whether it be food, toys, or places to sleep, they tend to pick favorites. That said, Dave the orange cat is extra unique in this regard. In addition to the typical stuff, ...

Inanimate objects attack me. Doors, tables, chairs, toilet seats, vacuum cleaners, keys, wallets, tools, cars, and computers - to name just a few of my enemies - have it out for me. They sneak up on ...