After years of anticipation and hard-won research, physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have finally observed the Higgs boson in action, a truly remarkable discovery accompanied by air punching from scientists the world over. The Higgs boson, also known as the ‘God Particle’, was first proposed in the 1960s by physicist Peter [...]

At 12:23pm on Saturday 3 November 2011 the reigning champion of the world’s longest game of hide and seek was accidentally discovered by his friend Fred through the use of the world’s most popular social media platform. Timothy, a 28 year old man from Minnesota, challenged his friend to the game in the summer of [...]

Sketchy’s field correspondent reports: Citizens of South Africa have taken to the streets in protest of the new Protection of State Information Bill passed Tuesday, 22 November 2011. The Protection of State Information Bill, which makes it illegal to possess or publish classified government documents regardless of whether or not they are incriminating of a [...]

An escalator broke down today at a local shopping mall. The patrons of the mall were forced to walk down the stationary steps. The incident didn’t cause too many problems. Sketchy spoke to Bob Stepford, who just happened to be out buying a new stepladder. “It didn’t cause too many problems.” he said. The great [...]