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Sid Pearl jumps safely back to the boat—but that's not always what happens. Pearl has fallen in the lake eight times in two years.
boats

The Gravity-Defying Mail Jumpers of Lake Geneva

Yes, sometimes they fall in the drink.
Rebecca Deurlein September 20, 2021
Start of Calum's Road
Isle of Skye, Scotland

Calum's Road

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.
Bollards usually stay pretty solidly in the ground.
infrastructure

Who Steals a Bollard?

An Irish pub reports that a woman pulled a steel bollard right out of the ground.
Sarah Laskow December 15, 2017
Bini the Bunny set one of the most adorable records of the year.
world record

Dancing Robots, Da Vinci, and a Dunking Bunny Highlight the Year in World Records

Feed your feat fetish.
Eric Grundhauser December 14, 2017
bridges

Watch 245 People Rope-Swing Off a Bridge in Tandem

Wheeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Cara Giaimo November 10, 2017
The Alexander Piano in all its glory.
music

One of the World's Largest Pianos Has Returned Home

The nearly 19-foot instrument will now live in the workshop of Adrian Mann, who built it as a teenager.
Cara Giaimo October 12, 2017
Matt Whitaker setting his record at the Blackmores Sydney Marathon.
world record

The Subtle Art of Running a Marathon in a Three-Piece Suit

Matt Whitaker, the new world-record holder, shares his secrets.
Cara Giaimo September 20, 2017
Lake Ontario on a choppy day.
lakes

A Swim Across Lake Ontario, Powered by Cookies

"My only sense of feeling comes in the form of cookies," says the long-distance swimmer Elizabeth Fry.
Cara Giaimo September 14, 2017
The Perlan 2 glider in El Calafate, Argentina.
world record

The Ceiling for Unpowered Flight Just Went Up 2,000 Feet

The Perlan 2 glider team is aiming much, much higher, and doing science on the way.
Kelsey Kennedy September 7, 2017
arctic circle

A Tanker Just Made It Across the Arctic With No Icebreaker for the First Time

A real conversation-starter.
Cara Giaimo August 28, 2017
subways

Two Guys Rode the Entire Boston Subway System in Record Time

They're the men who returned.
Cara Giaimo August 25, 2017
The Black Sea off Ukraine.
news

Ukrainian Lifeguard Rescued After Washing Up on Shores of Crimea

He had fallen asleep on an inflatable trampoline.
Erik Shilling August 9, 2017
crime and punishment

So Much Depends Upon the Return of a Stolen Wheelbarrow

Ask and ye shall receive.
Erik Shilling August 3, 2017
A new study simulated floral evolution to come up with an idea of what the first flower might have looked like.
science

What Earth's First Flower Might Have Looked Like

Scientists are beginning to understand more about floral evolution.
Erik Shilling August 2, 2017
Pugh swimming in subzero water, alongside a border of melting Arctic sea ice.
arctic circle

This Speedo-Clad Environmentalist Is Swimming Through the Melting Arctic

Endurance athlete Lewis Pugh is braving subzero water to draw attention to the effects of climate change.
Cara Giaimo August 2, 2017
A screenshot from Google Street View shows Richard Taylor's guerrilla parking lines.
cities

The New Zealand Man Who Took a Parking Problem Into His Own Hands

Followed by a brief, selective history of traffic vigilantism.
Natasha Frost July 31, 2017
George Lucas with Steven Spielberg, who did uncredited work on <i>Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith</i>.
science

'Scientific' Journals Caught in 'Star Wars' Sting Operation

Dr. Lucas McGeorge and Dr. Annette Kin are now published scientists.
Erik Shilling July 25, 2017
garbage

A D.C. Man Fell Into a Trash Chute Because of His Phone

It can happen to the best of us.
Cara Giaimo July 24, 2017