The World Cup is getting underway in Qatar. The Cup's official ball has a colorful and busy design, perfect for HDTVs. Here's the story of how the classic black and white ball got its design.
Happy Halloween! Today we pay a visit to a house in Waxahachie, Texas that's a real-world replica of the home of TV's Munsters.
On the anniversary of the opening of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, here's the story of another one of the city's icons: Norton I, a man who proclaimed himself emperor of the United States and people went along with it. Plus: a Chinese millionaire has bought a soccer team and has added himself to the roster, and people are going along with it.
Every year in the US there are some 600,000 knee replacement surgeries. But a team at Duke University might help some people avoid those surgeries with a hydrogel that can stand in for cartilage. Plus: engineers at NIKE develop a ball that can really soar.
Remember when Johnny Cash sang "Hurt"? That should totally play behind this soccer video.
I'd say they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, but that wouldn't be accurate - they probably could hit the broad side of a barn, but the ball would bounce right back and they'd have to try again.
Who's with me, besides uniformed penguins and soccer-loving I Can't Believe It's Not Butter users?
