NPR Diversions

Have a look at this Rubik's Cube. Now turn it slightly. Still there?

What weighs about 20,000 pounds, is 17-feet high and 60-feet around? Answer: The pile of leaves that three guys in Utah assembled. Then, they did what comes naturally. They jumped into it.

Four million people watched this video filmed beneath the surface of a frozen lake. What really happened on that cold day in Finland can now be revealed, although clever viewers may have already figured out the tricks.

More than 7 million people were watching as Felix Baumgartner sat at the edge of his space capsule yesterday 24 miles off the ground and got ready to…

ROSWELL, N.M. – Extreme athlete and skydiver Felix Baumgartner has canceled his planned death-defying 23-mile free fall into the New Mexico desert because…

An Austrian pilot will attempt to set a world record for the highest skydive next month when he jumps from a height of more than 22 miles.

The photograph is like a real-life version of The Onion parody of the vice president.

Without a bridle or a saddle, across a thing I ride astraddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see.

The two cubs made their public debut Tuesday at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

It's not two photos stitched together, and it's not an installation. This red line is the stain of toxic sludge.