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Have Aliens Already Tried To Make Contact From Newly Discovered Earth-like Planet?
Oh man… let’s get it on. Apparently the Australian chapter of SETI has recorded light flashes from the direction of the newly discovered planet Gliese 581g – the most Earth-like planet ever found. Have we already ignored first contact? He...
Google Creates Car That Drives Itself, Revolution Is Here
In a blog post today, Google owned up to running self-driving cars through all manner of conditions: highway, city, long-distance and on challenging terrain like the steep streets of San Francisco. The experiments were conducted wither no...
Real Photographic Proof Of The Walking Dead? [WeirdThingsTV]
And Now… A New Species Of Bat That Looks Like Yoda
Ladies and gentlemen… please make your introductions to a new species of fruit bat found near Papua New Guinea. He also looks like Yoda. On a clerical note, this was sent to me within an hour by both of my Weird Things podcast co-hosts...
Is Alien Life Alive In Our Own Atmosphere?
If alien life is in our atmosphere, we are going to find it. With a balloon. We are launching from Sweden. [AOL]
Ocean Census Catalogues 80% Of The.. WTF A See-Through Sea Cucumber!
The last time we saw census results this weird, Betty White was talking about swapping out calculator batteries to power a crotch massager. Marine scientists have announced the 80% completion of a comprehensive ocean census and the results...
145 Bizarre New Animals Found Including Dracula Fish
The kids love vampires, the kids love pet fish. Is it any wonder that the World Wildlife Foundation has found a Dracula Fish along with 144 other insanely weird animals surrounding Southeast Asia’ Mekong River in 2009. Here are a few of...
Photo Of An Indonesian Zombie?
Is this a picture of a zombie? Notice the open casket on the bottom right. Physical deformity? Extremely well-made student horror film? Has hell indeed become too full forcing the dead to walk the Earth?
Ghostly Green Comet To Buzz Past Earth Oct. 20
You can see it now but make no mistake, the Hartley 2 is coming. Not unlike the Hulk, it’s green, it’s unstoppable and it will come very close to destroying the Earth before moving along peacefully. Comet Hartley 2 will swoop within 11...
Podcast: Father of the Year
The Reason We Will All Abandon Earth Before We Die [WeirdThingsTV]
Geologists To Drill Into Active Volcano To Save Village
How hardcore is this? Drilling into an active volcanic doesn’t sound like the safest idea, but a plan to do so along a volcano near Naples, Italy, could help protect the city from a potentially catastrophic eruption. Geologists will drill...
Ancient Remains Found Near Stonehenge Belonged To Tourist
Even back in the day, Stonehenge was a tourist trap. One of the oldest human remains found near the site was identified as having Mediterranean origins. The British Geological Survey’s Jane Evans said that the find, radiocarbon dated to...
What A Colony On Our New Earth Could Look Like
Those rascally scamps at io9 have issued this artists rendering of what a colony on the newly discovered Earth-like planet could look like. Since one side of the planet is constantly exposed to the sun and the other is frozen like year-old...
Life On Newly Discovered Earthesqe Planet? “Almost No Doubt”
Seriously, pack your bags. We found a new Earth and I am personally going to wait at Cape Canaveral until someone will sell me a ticket on the first Space Ark to Splitsville. Our new digs are right in the Goldilocks Zone and according the...
NOM NOM NOM: Picture Of Sperm Whale Eating Giant Squid
Holy crap! That is all. [Nat Geo]
A Spider/Scorpion That Is Actually Neither [Pictures]
Ladies and gentleman, the Tailless Whip Scorpion otherwise known as the Whip Spider which is actually neither a scorpion nor spider. Discuss… [Nat Geo]
During Release For Iron Man 2, Paramount Trots Out Real Iron Man Suit
Here is the XOS 2, a creation of Raytheon that is billed as the closest thing to an Iron Man suit but is really just a super sick exoskeleton that allows for increased strength without having to be tethered to a power source. Also,...
Does Methane On Mars = Sign Of Life?
Possibly. But probably not. [Pop Sci]
Were Hobbits Actually Humans?
There has been a long simmering debate in the scientific community over “the Hobbit” or Homo floresiensis by it’s fancy name. On one side is a cadre of folks who claim that the Hobbits (whose remains were first found inside a Indonesian...