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A brown bear gnaws at the cage it is trapped in in Sunagawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, 16 October 2024. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami/File Photo

No picnic: How to survive a bear encounter in Japan

When in the woods people are advised to make noise, to attach bells to bags, and not to hike alone -- especially at dusk and dawn.

Tony Scott stands with the pumpkin he grew in his Wappingers Falls, NY, backyard on 17 September 2025. Photo: UNB/AP/Shelby Lum

The science behind growing a giant pumpkin

Egyptian wrestler Ashraf Mahrous, better known as Kabonga, pulls a 700-ton ship across the water with a rope held only by his teeth at the marina of the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. Photo: Amr Nabil/AP

Egyptian 'strongman' pulls 700-ton ship with his teeth—and isn’t stopping there

Biosphere 2

Inside Earth’s miniature twin: How Biosphere 2 redefined view of the blue orb

Photo: Cluely

Expelled from Columbia for cheating, funded millions for scaling it

Illustration: TBS

AI hallucinations cost lawyer $15,000 in fines

Photo: Collected

Aircraft's tail gets stuck at overpass in Mohakhali, causes traffic disruption

A gray whale seen swimming about 30 miles off Nantucket. Photo: New England Aquarium

Gray whale spotted 200 years after extinction from Atlantic

Israeli farmer Tzahi Ariel presents his giant strawberry, weighing 289 gram and grown in Israel after it sets a new Guinness record in Kadima, Israel, 17 February, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Giant strawberry earns Israeli farmer a Guinness World Record

Photo: Pexels

Dogs can distinguish between different languages: Study

Entrepreneur Muhammad Malik has plastered his face across several advertising hoardings across Birmingham. Photo: Collected.

Billboards to find wife

Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero receive the award for the novel "La Bestia". Photo: Collected

3 men posed as female thriller writer win literary award

People who stand out because of their unique genetics

People who stand out because of their unique genetics