Mixed Media

Listen Again: YouTube Monks Storm European Pop Charts

The monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria sing ancient Gregorian chants in their 12th-century church — and then post them to YouTube. Their technological savvy landed them a record deal, and now their album is storming the European charts and arriving in America. Father Karl Wallner talks to host Andrea Seabrook about balancing pop stardom with the religious life.

Listen to the piece.

And here's one of the many YouTube videos of the monks performing.

Elephant Paints Elephant

Even though this is most likely the result of the elephant being trained to do these strokes rather than spontaneously painting the image of an elephant, it's still a pretty awesome example of intelligence in a species other than our own.