We remember being really disappointed upon learning that astronauts who were in orbit for a long time had to work out or face a massive re-education process to strengthen their muscles upon returning to Earth’s gravitational surface. Running on a treadmill in a space shuttle seems like a such a dull way to stay fit, [...]

A few weeks ago we got caught in an amazing storm at the beach, and we watched from the relative safety of a gazebo as clouds rolled in off the water towards us packing torrential rains and some of the most spectacular lightning we’ve ever seen. We were much too mesmerized by the spectacle of [...]

Yesterday a huge typhoon hit Taiwan and China, and it’s still too early to accurately measure the death toll and damage, but estimates are grim. To get some appreciation of what it might have been like – and what any number of other massively destructive weather systems might be like – we’ve weathered The 10 [...]

An interesting, if borderline sci-fi story from The New York Times details how the American Army is testing soldiers for their ability to detect danger and risk with their minds. While on patrol in Iraqi and Afghan villages, some seem better able to anticipate road-side bombs and the like than others, making them a valuable [...]

Call them victims of the dire and pre-emptive business of declaring species extinct in this day and age, but the animals featured in BuzzFeed’s listicle of 14 Extinct Animals That Were Rediscovered have basically come back from beyond the grave. Perhaps the most extreme case of this is the Coelacanth (pictured below), a semi-amphibeous fish [...]

Here at Listicles we spend so long in the writing of lists that whenever we come across snazzy lists within images (which, if you’ve been following, is fairly often), we react with a strange mixture of admiration and defensiveness. After all, if these illustrators and designers can make lists without us, the writers, then what [...]

As far as we can tell, summertime beach trips are just fraught with contradictory compulsions. For instance: you want to enjoy the sun, but you don’t want skin cancer. Likewise, you want to swim in the salt water, but then you’re all sticky and salty and won’t really feel comfortable until you shower. And then [...]

Today, on the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the news is all moon-related – or rather, Earth Moon-related. None, save fearless Listicles, have noted the perverse human-centrism at work in the constant obsession with our moon, as opposed to every other moon in the universe. Typical humans, only thinking of themselves. Well, to right [...]

Hey, so, it’s basically Moon Week this week, with the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing coming up on Monday and tomorrow marking the date that Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong lifted off in Apollo 11. Accordingly, every media outlet is knee-deep in nostalgic moon-gazing coverage, but we’re more interested in the ways that [...]

Birds are cool and all, but their flying abilities are totally passé at this point. After all, ever since we were all delivered via stork to our parents, we’ve been all too aware that birds can fly (and man, do they ever like to show it off!). How about giving some love to the other [...]