An imaginative animation by Hiroshi Takagishi pushes botanical specimens and their potential evolution to peculiar extremes. Inspired by contradictions and irregularities in nature, “Odd” is a ...

Time-saving is also one reason why cartoon characters tend to have fewer fingers. In earlier cartoons, where cartoons were drawn from circles, it would also have made them look weird. “Using five ...

It’s not just that they seem like sock-puppets, it’s that all the socks are the same colour. I expect an odd one still lurks in the washing machine. They share a tunnel vision focused on the ...

Russell Lowbridge hoped this week he would finally discover the truth about his grandfather’s disappearance and tragic end. Instead, the exact circumstances of miner Alfred Swinscoe’s death ...

Another commented: “Finally, the doorway to the odd sock alternative dimension has been revealed.” One woman found 28 socks in the front of her machine. Picture: TikTok/@brittanyspurlock627 ...

A reader seeks advice on choosing the right socks for an outfit. Our fashion critic suggests a different approach altogether to styling the essential accessory. By Vanessa Friedman I love socks.

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Every day, you put on socks and forget about them — if they’re good. If they’re bad, you can’t help thinking about them. There are so many ways socks can go wrong: when they don’t hug ...

Aloha College Marbella kicked off Anti-Bullying Week by celebrating Odd Socks Day, encouraging students to embrace the qualities that make each person unique. Students wore mismatched socks, freely ...

When I walk into my mat or reformer Pilates class, I always bring a pair of socks to change into. I don’t like to wear my everyday cotton socks for workouts since they tend to slide around in them.