People. This is it. Facebook has something to show us, on January 15th no less. "Come and see what we're building" says the invite. What could it be? The fabled, practically-vapourware Facebook phone? Maybe a Facebook tablet? Or in fact, Facebook could have a new cyborg plug-in for your brain, so you can instantly over-share literally everything, including pure thought. Amazing! Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"Facebook has ingrained itself into our culture though. Nowadays you're just as likely to be asked if you have facebook before being asked for a phone ..." More »
75 years after Amelia Earhart disappeared, people are still looking for her. In fact, just last month, a search team started a search expedition only to leave without discovering Amelia's wreckage. Or so they thought. The team recently took a closer look at the underwater images they captured and now think they may have found her. Read More >>
Featured comment by rustybullet:
"Does that mean they think she crashed...survived...and lived for a while as a castaway on an island. Or survived the crash - but died later at sea?" More »
Like the mystery of how the great pyramids in Egypt were built, no one's really sure how the giant Moia statues on Easter Island were transported to the platforms where they were later discovered. But researchers think they might have finally figured it out. Read More >>
Featured comment by GD:
"Not to sound cynical or anything (OK, to sound cynical), but we will simply never, ever, ever know. It happened too far in the past to have solid eyew..." More »
A guy found this mystery card inside his new MacBook Pro box. The card, written in Cantonese, belongs to the factory worker who packed the laptop, and after being translated, we now know it contains the 13 Commandments of Foxconn. Here's what it means: Read More >>
Last week, in the south west of England, the world started to fall in on itself. As little blue balls of sticky gel fell from the sky, Steve Hornsby feared the worst: the end was surely nigh. But, phew, it's all OK. A florist from a nearby town has sorted it out. Read More >>
There are lots of explanations for the gigantic structures built in China's desert. But the most mysterious thing is invisible: according to a former CIA analyst, there's someone who has ordered tonnes of satellite photos of this area since 2004. Read More >>
In a bizarre medical mystery that's like watching the life of Benjamin Button in reverse, a Vietnamese woman has appeared to age almost five decades in just three years after suffering an allergic reaction. Read More >>
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