Sal Donato is fighting isolation with music—and collaborating with readers! Some people deal with their quarantine by becoming focused. Others go a little crazy. The Weekly World News’s musical correspondent, Sal Donato, decided to combine the two approaches. “I see the world through song,” he said. “Sometimes the songs are my own. I remember once last summer … READ MORE
THAT GHOST IS FAMOUS! We’ve had celebrity impersonators: think of Elvis. We’ve had celebrity holograms: Tupac was brought back to life by technology, as was Whitney Houston. Now we have celebrity ghosts. In the first months of this year, Americans have reported a more than 300 percent increase in the sighting of ghosts of famous … READ MORE
A SHARP IDEA. AN ENTERPRISING YOUNG MAN’S BRAINSTORM: THE WORLD’S BEST PENCIL. Nearly everything these days is a smart device: speakers, lightbulbs, stoves, refrigerators, even toilets. But Nelson Ralston thinks that inventors have overlooked one major thing: the pencil. “Imagine if your pencil told you when it needed sharpening, or when the eraser was worn away,” said Ralston. “It would … READ MORE
But is it good news or bad? In January, the Center for Mid-Space Study, an institute staffed by members of the American, British, and Indian scientific communities, first noticed the asteroid 710768 (2002 OZ9), which they dubbed “Tiddlywink” for its flat, round shape. At that time, it was heading straight for Earth. “It might have … READ MORE
Quarantine has silver-lining for longtime good-clean-fun provider Slam the Door! Americans of a certain age all have classic board games that they love: Scrabble and Othello and Monopoly, of course, but also Parcheesi and Risk, Life and Clue, Stratego and the rest. As the country comes to terms with coronavirus and new protocols for staying … READ MORE
Brilliant Scientist ExplainS Himself! George Sackett is, by any measure, one of the brightest guys around. He has PH.Ds in no less than five disciplines —mathematics, history, sociology, statistics, and something called “advanced demographic stochastic oscillation” — from five of the world’s finest universities. So when his brother, Ken, a therapist, called George and asked … READ MORE
Sal Donato has been singing the news for more than a half-century years now. What does that mean? It means that everywhere he has lived—Western Pennsylvania, upstate New York, suburban New Jersey, and a brief stint in the Maze District in Canyonlands National Park—he has spent his Friday nights digesting the events of the week … READ MORE
Did he even know it himself? When Barbara Carton met Jeffrey Haworth, it was love at first sight. The two of them were both pre-med students who were tiring of the grind and thinking of switching careers. “The first time we went out for a beer, just as friends, we looked at each other and … READ MORE
HE WHO NYUKS Perhaps no slapstick comedy act is as beloved as the Three Stooges, the group of brothers (and others) led by Moe Howard that was active from 1920 to the 1970s—and remained alive in the minds of young Americans as a result of the constant airing of their nearly 200 short films. The … READ MORE
THIS MAN’S NEW TWIST ON AN FORMULA HAS DELIGHTED YOUNGSTERS! J.E. Stephens was born in a small coastal town in Canada, and still lives there. His whole life has revolved around the ocean. He has fished. He has boated. But his favorite thing about the ocean is the bottles. From time to time, he has … READ MORE