A hot air balloon crashed into power lines in Clinton, Mass. late Saturday, burning five people on board in the resulting explosion. The balloon apparently struck the power lines while attempting to land.

Here's something you should never watch if you're afraid of heights: A group of Russian daredevils filmed themselves climbing (and hanging from) the world's second highest building, the still under-construction Shanghai Tower. It's absolutely terrifying.

Because every movie you don't care about has already been recycled at least once, Paramount has decided to begin rebooting the ones you actually do care about — starting with The Naked Gun.

Marshall Sella of Gentlemen’s Quarterly just got back from trailing Anthony Weiner’s mayoral campaign (including the candidate’s near-immediate meltdown) for several agonizing months. A few weeks after his final exit, Weiner shared with Sella a few thoughts about his resounding defeat in September’s Democratic…

When entomologist and bee removal expert Jonathan Simkins was alerted to the presence of a larger-than-average yellow jacket wasp nest on privately-owned hunting ground in Central Florida, he expected to have his work cut out for him.

Just when you thought spiders couldn't possibly get any worse, along comes Poecilotheria rajaei.