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You’ve likely always suspected your cat is pretty smart. So when headlines this week proclaimed that a new study out of Japan’s Kyoto University found cats understand physics, you were probably pretty psyched. Maybe you even shared the news wi.....»»

We haven't even seen the menu, but a new Tokyo restaurant has already left a bad taste in our mouths.  Japan's first "naked restaurant" will open its doors in late July and it's not the thought of dining in the nude with strangers that's off-putting......»»

The term "family law" is taking on a new meaning in Pennsylvania. The state's attorney general is being sued for discrimination by her twin sister. Ellen Granahan, a chief deputy attorney general for Pennsylvania, has filed a wage and gender discrimi.....»»

McDonald’s Japan is hoping to spark a gold rush by giving away an 18-karat gold chicken McNugget, valued at around $2,000, as part of a social media contest featuring a bizarre new character. And apparently it's working. The offbeat contest has blow.....»»

Vegans: occasionally self-righteous but well-meaning advocates of good health and animal welfare, or traitors to the Motherland? And why would post-Soviet nationalists see seitan as a path to Satan? Granted, these are not questions that are likely to c.....»»

The horror is unfathomable. Ghost ships, adrift at sea for weeks, sometimes even months, continue to wash up on Japan's hazy western coast stretching hundreds of miles from Fukui prefecture to the top of Hokkaido. Onboard are crews of skeletons, partially.....»»

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In 1985, recent film-school graduate Will Allen found what appeared to be an exciting alternative community in Los Angeles.  Always curious about the meaning of life, Allen was lured by a charismatic South American-born guru known as Michel, who seem.....»»

If you thought cat cafes were cute, then wait till you see a cafe full of teeny-weeny hedgehogs.  The Harry hedgehog cafe opened in Tokyo last month, Reuters reports, and it's like nothing we've ever seen before. Here, visitors can cuddle with a sele.....»»

A Tokyo court ruled Monday that vagina-shaped objects created by a Japanese artist qualify as art, but found her guilty of obscenity for distributing digital data that could be used to make a realistic three-dimensional recreation of her genitalia. A T.....»»

Mark Zuckerberg, lead Jedi at Facebook, united Imperial and Rebel forces alike for a "team meeting" Wednesday. Chewbacca, two Ewoks, a Rebel soldier and an Imperial stormtrooper sat down for a discussion with the Facebook CEO, who sported his usual g.....»»

Corvids, the family of birds that includes crows and ravens, give a whole new meaning to the term "bird brain." They show the same level of self-regulation when faced with potential rewards as chimps do, according to a study published last week .....»»

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Chacha the chimpanzee made his own great escape on Thursday, fleeing from a zoo in northern Japan and leading authorities on a dramatic chase......»»

A chimpanzee named Chacha danced around authorities on Thursday during a two-hour escape from a zoo in Japan. The male chimp broke out of the Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, the Associated Press reports. Chacha eluded capture by climbing an electrical.....»»

TOKYO (AP) -- A chimpanzee fled from a zoo in northern Japan and tried desperately to avoid being captured by climbing an electric pole.........»»

It's that time of year again. No, not the start of baseball season. Not the April end to March Madness either. We're talking about the Festival of the Steel Phallus (Kanamara Matsuri) in Kawasaki, Japan. Sunday's festival (see photos below) allowed revele.....»»

A flight from Hawaii to Japan was forced to turn back when a 72-year-old male passenger became violent after being told he couldn't practice yoga in the aisle. The passenger, Hyongtae Pae, of South Korea, told the FBI he didn’t want to sit.....»»

(Reuters) - An airliner flying from Hawaii to Japan was forced to turn back and land in Honolulu after a passenger insisted on doing yoga in the galley in defiance of the crew, an FBI spokesman said on Thursday......»»