Rescued kitten Herbie has a triangular-looking head and can’t close his outer eyelids due to rare bilateral facial nerve paralysis.

Jack Sabbath, fronted by Jack Black, performed Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” with Geezer Butler on bass at Power to the People Festival.

Alexandr Misko performed a beautifully percussive cover of The Police song “Every Breath You Take” on a steel tongue drum and his “Frankenstein” guitar.

Wicked Makers transformed a quadruped robot into CH1PP13, a vicious-looking animatronic raccoon that roams Hundred Acres Manor near Pittsburgh.

Patrick Foote explains how European colonialism spread English, French, and Portuguese across much of Africa.

A little Chihuahua named Louie learned to vocalize what sounds like “I love you” to his human, Lydia, and now repeats it regularly.

Thomas Dambo gives Exploredinary a tour of Rancho Dambo, his studio on an old farm outside Copenhagen, where he builds giant trolls from recycled wood.

Wildlife photographer Robert Martinez captured trail cam footage of a family of four black bears having a pool party in Angeles National Forest.

Tom BetGeorge created an incredible Halloween light show with a giant jack-o'-lantern introducing "This Is Halloween" from "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

EmperorTigerstar created an animated timeline tracing the discovery of chemical elements, from classical elements and alchemy to the modern periodic table.

French beatbox and a cappella group Berywam demonstrated how each member imitates a specific instrument to create a cohesive song.

BBC Earth shared a fantastic compilation of the diverse strategies that birds of different species use to survive, hunt, and reproduce.

Ted Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, and newcomer Tanya Reynolds compete in Esquire UK’s British culture challenge to see who is the most British.

British artist James Cook used a portable typewriter to create detailed depictions of Manhattan views from observation decks high above New York City.

Actor Laurence Fishburne delivered an animated reading of a prescient 2018 letter by comedy writer Connor Relyea addressed to future robots.

Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson performed an a cappella rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a Steelers-Seahawks game on September 14, 2025.

Bionic and the Wires connected sensors to a wild mushroom in Derbyshire, using its bioelectrical signals to control bionic arms that played a synthesizer.

Ryan Socash of "It’s History" examines Brooklyn’s Dead Horse Bay and the radioactive debris that led to the closure of Glass Bottle Beach.

Wildlife rescuer Meg Churches rescued an injured pregnant grey-headed flying fox named Sully near Sydney Harbour and cared for her while she recovered.

Multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier explains his concept of the “wiggle”, the fluid energy connecting melody, rhythm, and harmony in music.

Professional freeride mountain biker Sam Pilgrim races three-wheeled mountain carts down a mountain in Sölden, Austria, during Swatch Nines Bike 2026.

Rob Watts of RobWords explores the history of Norn, an extinct Scandinavian language once spoken in the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland.

Lord Vinheteiro performed a piece by Bach on a clavichord, a quiet early keyboard instrument used for practice, composition, and private performance.

"Wilder", an "American Masters" documentary directed by Chris Smith, celebrates Gene Wilder through a never-before-seen interview and archival footage.

Jananie K. Velu, host of the PBS series "Plotlines", examines how reframing classic villains as heroes reflects shifting social values and ideas about power and morality.

Walt Disney Animation Studios and Deaf West Theatre share how they reimagined three Disney musical numbers in American Sign Language.

An ROV launched from the E/V Nautilus captured footage of a deep-sea carrier crab holding an anemone over its back like a spiky backpack.

Biologist Nessie O’Neil observed two critically endangered pygmy raccoon sisters in Cozumel, Mexico, making toy balls from discarded paper.

Patrick Foote of Name Explain explores the origins of 20 city nicknames in the United States, including New York City’s "Big Apple" and Chicago's "Windy City".

Astrophysicist Athena Brensberger of "NOVA" explains why terminal velocity keeps a penny dropped from the Empire State Building from becoming deadly.

Burl of Burls Art built a playable guitar with no neck or body using tensioned aircraft cables, 3D-printed fret components, and Telecaster hardware.

97-year-old Betty Bromage performed a loop-the-loop wing walk, breaking her own Guinness World Record as the oldest female wing walker.

Laurence Brown of “Lost in the Pond” explores six English words that have drastically different or even opposite meanings in the UK and US.

During Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Oregon Zoo, Juno, Lincoln, and Uni Sushi smashed fresh oysters and clams against hard surfaces to open their shells.

Fashion designer Cory Infinite created "Infinite Pocket Jeans", a pair of jeans constructed from thrifted jeans and made up of 41 fully functional pockets.

Animal advocate Bill Helman of WooFDriver’s DogMotoSports mushed his dogs around New York City using a wheeled e-dogsled that he invented.

95-year-old William Shatner performed with his new heavy metal band The *uckers at Riot Fest 2026 in Chicago, covering Metallica's "Enter Sandman".

Jelle Bakker built "Cacophony", a colossal marble machine that uses 2,000 marbles, 128 bells and chimes, drums, funnels, springs, nails, and more.

Tico, a musical double yellow-headed Amazon parrot, sings and whistles along as his human Frank Maglio plays Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" on guitar.

Composer Tzu-Chin Hsu transcribed a duck’s quacks and honks into sheet music.

Voice actor Brian Hull sings Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” from “Toy Story 5” as 28 Disney characters, seamlessly switching between impressions.

Patrick Foote explains how short and formal names, abbreviations, and linguistic variations push country-name totals beyond 193 UN Member States.

Mixed Signals explains how 12-year-old Bronx DJ Theodore Livingston accidentally pioneered record scratching in 1975.

"Simple Things – Surprising Histories" explains why some tape measures use black diamonds to mark 19.2-inch intervals for framing layouts.

Dr. Helen Czerski spoke with Professor Ron Douglas about how different animals, including starlings and birds of prey, perceive ultraviolet light.

Dr. Erica Brozovsky of the PBS series “Otherwords” explains how the meanings of common words shift over time and across generations.

James Dundon, the Mechanical Music Man, played a wonderfully buoyant cover of Cher’s “Believe” on his restored Dutch street organ, Blauwtje.

Ryan Socash of It’s History explains why the Liberty Building in Buffalo, New York, has two 36-foot replicas of the Statue of Liberty perched on its roof.

Ross Fearnley of The Unusual Suspect edited together lines from 144 movies to recreate the lyrics of "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers.

Rob Watts of RobWords explores English surname origins, including the spread of hereditary names after the Norman Conquest and their hidden meanings.