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Tasmanian tigers are extinct. Why do people keep seeing them?+ Maybe because they... aren't extinct? As well as searching for thylacines himself, Forrest Galante has been reviewing sightings of them for years. Tiger sightings have a long history in Tasmania and on the Australian mainland. Could it have been hiding out in New Guinea all along?Bonus 19th-century thylacine photographs. Colourised 1933 footage of the...

Beefsteak Charlie promised, "You're gonna get spoiled". Beefsteak Charlie promised, "I'll feed you like there's no tomorrow." And with unlimited shrimp - plus unlimited beer, wine, or sangria - there wouldn't be.The Washington Post, 1982: I stopped in at the Bethesda branch one cold Sunday with my daughter and her friend, a fellow shrimp fanatic. Exercising no restraint whatever, we polished off seven heaping...

First, an unelected businessman tanked the budget proposal that would keep the government's lights on a bit longer, prompting ecstatic talk of promotion to Speaker of the House. Next, a businessman who is not yet President made a budget proposal, but like most of his businesses, it fell through. Deep divisions are already beginning to show. Now the race is on: Can Congress come...

It's Friday in the Muslim world, and that means... it's time to read or recite Surah al-Kahf (the Surah of the Cave) !Friday, or "jumu'ah" as we Muslims call it, actually starts at sunset on Thursday night. So Muslims have till sunset on Friday evening to put Surah al-Kahf into their day. Any day is a good day to read or recite Qur'an, but...

At the prehistoric passage tomb of Newgrange, built around 3200 BCE, the light from the rising sun at the winter solstice shines along the 19m passage to the wall of the tomb, illuminating the triple spiral carvings. There is a livestream of the event from 8.40am on the 21st (I think that's 3.40am Eastern Standard Time and 12.40am PST). Last year's recording is here.The...