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The Rich Cats of Instagram: They’re Real, and They’re Spectacular

First there were the Rich Kids of Instagram, who were perfectly annoying in their own louche, lazy way. Poppin’ bottles on the beach. Private jets. Prepubescence. The Worst People Ever to Use...

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YouTube Video Provides Evidence That Cats Can’t Help Sneezing to Dubstep

Due to high levels of sub-bass frequencies, Dubstep is one of those musical genres that produces strong physical and behavioural reactions in humans. People often feel a vibrating sensation in their...

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In Russia, Arcade Claw Machines Come With Real Live Cats

Stuffed animals? Please. In Russia, claw machines are stuffed with real animals. Finally, something worth winning! But do everyone a favor and hold off until it’s finished grooming, would ya? [Reddit...

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Frisky Gifts for Cat Nuts

Everyone knows at least one cat owner who is a little bit crazy, a little bit intense, and a little bit covered in cat fur. Hanging out at this friend’s house might be a disgusting chore. But that...

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Felix Baumgartner’s Got Nothing on This Free-Falling Kitty

We’ll never know whether this Siamese cat was attempting to set free fall records for its species or engaging in a dramatic feline suicide attempt when it jumped from the top of this Colombian...

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A Japanese-Style Cat Cafe Could Be Meowing Into, Yup, East London

A regular pub conversation I have with anyone who’ll listen is how London really needs a cat cafe. I went to one in Tokyo four years ago, and had to be physically pulled out over there after my...

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Hacker Taunts Police With Message Taped to a Cat

A hacker wanted in Japan for various crimes against computers has been amusing himself playing games with the local police, culminating in a bizarre stunt where he attached a memory card to a cat’s...

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Monopoly’s Iron Token Is Dead, Long Live the Cat

Hasbro took a vote, and the internet has spoken. The ballots have been counted, and the people have said F the iron — the new Monopoly token will be a cat. In a poll on the classic game’s Facebook...

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Here Are All Your Favourite Social Networks Explained

All those social networks we spend more than half our life on? There all just varying degrees of the same damn thing. Basically, look at my cat’s albums. Watch my cat videos. Read how I hashtag my cat....

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The Science of Why Cats Do the Things Cats Do

Here’s everything you need to know about the Internet’s favourite animal: cats. All the things you ever wondered about your furry friend? Right here. ASAP Science explains why they like catnip, how...

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Solar-Powered Cat Toy Taunts Your Feline Forever

If you’d rather your cats weren’t shredding the furniture to pieces while you’re away at work all day, you need a steady source of distraction to keep them occupied. And as long as you’ve got at least...

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Cat Fighter II Needs to Be Real

Forget Street Fighter, we need Cat Fighter II, where our furry feline friends battle it out, throwing whirly kicks, hadoukens, and beating up massive balls of yarn. Whichever next-gen console bags Cat...

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Do You Skype Your Pets?

This one has caught me completely by surprise. Apparently over half of Brits actually Skype their pets, and a quick whip round the office says, yes, people really do Skype, FaceTime, Hangout, whatever,...

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Stop Stroking Your Cat’s Belly — It Hates It

Cats are truly mysterious things. Sometimes you have to wonder what the hell is going on in their pretty little heads. Did you know, for example, that cats don’t like you stroking their tummies even...

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New Monopoly Cat Board-Piece Review: Me-Ow

You may remember that earlier this year Monopoly announced its plans to sacrifice one of its beloved tokens in favour of adding some new blood. But it was ok! Because they were letting us (the...

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Crowd-Funded Cat Cafe Moving into London’s Shoreditch Hipster Zone

The bizarre world of the cat cafe, in which cat-less spinsters get to go and grope someone else’s cat while hoping it does something funny that can be captured and turned into an animated GIF with the...

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Nipples, Toes and Cat Paws Can Unlock Apple’s Touch ID Sensor

Bored iPhone 5S users across the world have been conducting experiments with the phone’s new Touch ID sensor over the weekend, finding that it can also uniquely identify users by nipple scans, toes and...

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Cat Wine (Yep, Wine For Cats) Is a Real Thing in Japan

If you’re fed up with your cat drinking all of your Blue Nun while it’s tucking into its evening’s helping of Whiskers, your bereft-of-booze blues may be about to draw to a close. Finally, finally,...

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Camden Cat Prank-Calls 999, Is Terrified When Police Break the Door Down

Camden police rushed to a flat in Kilburn last week after a 999 call was logged from the address. Unable to get a response, naturally they broke the door down. What they found was a cat hiding in the...

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Epping Forest “Big Cat” Sighting Was a Posh Child’s Expensive Teddy

This image of some sort of wild beast sitting majestically in a tree in the fog of Epping Forest was put online by park staff, but their lack of alarm and interest in this “Big Cat” rather gave the...

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