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NASA WILL SHOW US AN IMPRISONED ALIEN OR SOMETHING THIS THURSDAY*
Movie Videos & Movie Scenes at MOVIECLIPS.com *probably not But still, they did release this totally ominous press advisory: NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On...
Is Jupiter’s Evil Twin Hiding At The Edge of Our Solar System?
Scientists have studied a centuries worth of comet data and come to the conclusion that at least 20 percent of visible comets were kicked out of the Oort Cloud by a Jupiter-sized object lurking at the solar system’s outer edge. Eighty...
Scientists Discover Squidworm
U.S. and Filipino scientists have announced the discovery of a new species Teuthidodrilus samae, which they immediately named “squidworm.” It is a flat, eyeless, free-swimming worm with up to ten squid-like appendages. It also has twenty...
Saturn Moon Has Mostly Oxygen Atmosphere
The Cassini space probe recently scanned the atmosphere of Saturn’s second largest moon, Rhea, and discovered that it is comprised of 70% oxygen and 30% carbon dioxide. In the past the Hubble Space Telescope has detected thin oxygen layers...
Build Your Own Troll Detector
Are you planning on camping in the wilds of Norway soon? Are you worried that trolls are going to attack your camp and try and feast on your flesh while you sleep? Then perhaps you should build your very own Trolldetektor v.1.0b. The...
Smithsonian Has Pickled Mammoth
“Acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in 1922, these jars contain preserved muscle tissue taken from the left hind leg of a woolly mammoth uncovered in 1901 by palaeontologist Eugene Pfizenmayer – though they...
Podcast: Terror in the Jungle
Donate Your DNA Now So Your Clone Can Colonize Space Tomorrow
We are nearly positive that this super creepy infomercial for the Synthetic Somatology program of Gemini Somatics is viral marketing for some upcoming video game / movie. Still, it’s pretty well done and represents a fun mystery for you,...
Dude, A New Form Of Light Invented
Seriously though… dude… Just like solids, liquids and gases, this recently discovered condition represents a state of matter. Called a Bose-Einstein condensate, it was created in 1995 with super-cold atoms of a gas, but scientists had...
Radioactive Mouse Evades Hunters
At least one radioactive mouse is on the loose in the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site, a former plutonium facility in Washington state. Workers found and tested mouse droppings that turned out to be radioactive and now the hunt is...
You Will Believe A Snake Can Fly!
Well, humanity had a pretty good run. Snakes have learned to fly and now we are on borrowed time. Five related species of tree-dwelling snakes found in Southeast and South Asia may just be the worst nightmares of ophidiophobes (people who...
Did You Watch Harry Potter? You’re Possessed By Demons! [WeirdThingsTV]
SpaceX Granted First Commercial License For Spacecraft Reentry
One more milestone in private sector space exploration has been crossed. The FAA granted SpaceX the first-ever commercial license for reentry for its Dragon capsule. This means that SpaceX can offer round trip voyages to the ISS and...
Ebola Detector Invented
Can’t recognize the signs of the Ebola virus? Want a quick and easy way to know if your friend is a carrier? Say hello to the new Ebola and Marbug virus detector. “By enabling ultra-portable and fast detection, our technology can directly...
And Now: Killer Whales Surfing
That is all. [Adventure Journal]
200-Year-Old Champagne Salvaged From Sea Floor and Promptly Consumed
A group of Finnish divers recently discovered a shipwreck near the Aland Islands and salvaged 200-year-old crates of champagne and beer from the sea floor. At this point the only conceivable option was to identify, research, analyze, and...
“I Was Kidnapped By Sasquatch!” [WeirdThingsTV]
The Scarlett Johansson Of Squids Is Finally Found!
It glows deep red. It’s two feet long. It is your new standard in marine life glamour. A large new species of deep red, glowing squid has been discovered living near undersea mountains in the southern Indian Ocean, scientists announced...
First Planet From Outside Milky Way Discovered
Scientists have discovered a Jupiter-like planet inside the Milky Way that once belonged to another galaxy. This smaller galaxy was swallowed up by the Milky Way between six and nine billion years ago and belongs to a group of stars left...
Podcast: What If The Andromedans Are Jerks?
Andrew invents a new form of binding legal document that could save your life should you be infected with a rage virus. Brian is faced with his darkest choice yet as his wife and children hang in the balance. Will he reverse the zombie...