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Podcast: Public Parks, Private Parts
Andrew heroically plots how he can rid the world of all life to spite a master race of alien invaders. The team learns a new ghost hunting technique in the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ graveyard and Spiro & The Fudge return to solve a case...
Female Chimps Have Sex With Males That Bring The Meat
New evidence suggests that female chimps in the wild copulate more often with males who share their meat with them on a regular basis. This validates a long held belief that the “meat-for-sex” trade is a key building block in both...
Who Needs A Deloreon? Time Travel In Your Brain Instead
Want to visit the real or imagined past and future without having a pack of wild Lybians trying to shoot you with a GD bazooka? Scientists have found evidence that you can travel through time where you comically meets a horny, teenage...
New Evidence Of Real Da Vinci Code Conspiracy [WeirdThingsTV]
New Zealand’s Military UFO Files Released
New Zealand’s military has released hundreds of documents from 1952-2009 containing drawings of UFOs and also supposed to contain examples of alien writing. They are all online ready for you to examine. [BBC]
New Rocket Sauce Could Launch Us Into Space Faster, Cleaner
Finally, we can protect the planet while fleeing it. A team of Swedish scientists discovered a new molecule that could increase the power of rocket fuel 20% to 30% while leaving less of a carbon footprint. [Fast Company]
Look Who Showed Up In Time For Christmas? New Humanoids!
A new finger bone fossil in Southern Siberia belonged to a young lady of an unknown human ancestor. She ain’t Neanderthal and she ain’t early human. Yes, this means we have to set an extra place at Christmas dinner. No, you don’t have to...
Behold The Soviet Laser Tank
The Soviet 1K17 laser tank used 66-pound synthetic ruby rods to produce lasers designed for blinding pilots and enemy weapons systems. It doesn’t melt incoming missiles, but still, laser tank! [Gizmodo]
A Brief History of The Congolese Space Program
The Democratic Republic of Congo (not to be confused with the Republic of Congo immediately to the west…. Seriously) has a surprisingly rich history of space programs and rocket launches. The story first begins back when the DRC was known...
NASA Dreams of Launching Spacecraft With Rail Gun
NASA engineers have proposed a system comprised of a two-mile-long rail gun and a scramjet to launch a spacecraft into orbit. The rail gun would have a 240,000- horsepower motor that would convert 180 megawatts into enough force to...
Boy Weeps Blood
Calvino Inman weeps blood. TLC is airing a documentary this month called The Boy With Bloody Tears about Calvino and this medical mystery. [Daily Mail]
Authorities Hunt For Cause Of Chilean Pyrokinesis [WeirdThingsTV]
Podcast: Baby Panda Terror
We complete the epic adventure of Spiro & The Fudge when our law enforcement tandem attempts to utilize their keen detective skills and uncomfortably close relationship in solving a murderous mystery in mob-controlled Italy. Brian tries to...
Clusterwink Snails Use Bioluminescent Shell-Flashing Defense
Located off the eastern coast of Australia, the clusterwink snail (Hinea brasiliana) uses a luminescent shell-flashing defense when its shell is tapped or when it detects predators nearby. Scientists think that this could either be a...
China’s UFO Launching Pyramid
It’s a pyramid. In China. Wait, it gets weirder. It’s on top of a mountain and is not (as far as researchers can tell) a burial tomb for a royal dynasty. In fact, local legend has it that the elevated platform has been used as a UFO...
Could A Stolen Yeti Paw, Skull Come Home For Christmas? [WeirdThingsTV]
Listen to the WeirdThings Podcast gang talk about this story as well!
Chernobyl To Open For Vacationers
Bound to be the hottest tourist spot next year, the 30-mile radius surrounding Chernobyl is set to open for day trips starting next year. While “illegal” tours already operate in the zone, these new tours will be government sanctioned....
Horrifying Video Of A Botfly Maggot Ripping From The Flesh Of Delighted Professor
No words.
Transparent Marine Specimens
New World Transparent Specimens offers marine creatures from the Japanese artist Iori Tomita that are transparent with colored bones. Using a method that involves the dissolution of natural proteins Tomita adds red dye to hard bones and...
Is There A Planet of Diamonds?
Scientists claim that the planet Wasp-12b has such a high carbon-to-oxygen ratio that the planet may literally be littered with diamonds and the core of the planet could have diamonds as well. It is the first carbon-rich planet observed...