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How Do You Deal With Zombie Satellites? Shoot Them With Lasers
Everything dies. Somethings just die, only to be reborn as a deadly threat to those still living. Everyone say hello to the Zombiesat, a term used by engineers to describe satellites which have lost communication with the ground are now...
Busy Beavers Build Dam That Can Be Seen From Space
Behold! A wooden dam built by Canadian beavers in the Alberta wilderness. At about 1,500 feet in length it spans a larger range then the Hoover Dam, making us humans look like some real jerkface losers. [Telegraph]
Ocean Germs Find Refuge On Islands Of Death, Fecal Matter
Did you wake up today thinking that ocean wasn’t a festering tub of death, disease and decay? Welcome… to Germ Island! When plants and animals near the surface of the ocean die, they decay and gradually fall to the seafloor. This dead...
Asteroid Discovery Could Lead To Intersteller Pit Stops
Not going to lie to you folks, space is big. Like really big. To get from one point to another you’re going to need more than just a full tank of gas and a Snapple pinched between your thighs because someone decided to use the cup holders...
Scientists Confirm Existence Of Dwarf Dinosaurs
What an adorable discovery! A relative of some of the largest dinosaurs to ever plod the Earth never grew to be more than horse-size, confirming the beast was indeed a dwarf dinosaur, a new study reveals. The diminutive dino lived in what...
Bald Eagles Are Back In California! Yay! They’re Eating Poison Seals! Boo!
After a careful reintroduction program, Bald Eagles are flourishing in the Channel Islands of California. The only problem is there are now so many of them that food resources have become an issue and researchers are worried they might...
Japanese Prepared To Launch Solar-Powered Space Sails With Jinxed Name
The Japanese are going to launch a new solar-powered space ship which will harnass the power of the sun for its energy with huge sails that are thinner than human hair. They are dubbing the project Ikaros. I am assuming this means the...
Science Quantifies Why Flies Are So Annoying To Swat
Autopilot! As it turns out, flies aren’t just super apt daredevils buzzing around your mighty hand as try to crush the winged pest. Nope, they just have a built in sense of autopilot that adjusts to changing wind currents faster than it...
Heavy Metal Dinosaurs Are Finland’s Newest Children’s Music Sensation
Ladies and gentleman, meet your new favorite band, Hevisaurus: The band was born when a flash of lightning and witches’ spells revealed, cracked and brought to life five metal dinosaur eggs buried deep in a mountain 65 million years ago —...
100 Year Old Woman Growing A Horn On Head
Hundred-year-old woman grows horn in forehead. The horn began growing on the left side of the forehead of Zhang Ruifang last year. Now it measures 5-6 centimeters long but the elderly woman feels no pain in the horn. Thanks to WT fan Brian...
Evangelicals Find “Noah’s Ark” In Turkey
The hunt for the most infamous floating zoo may have come to an end, if you ask a team of Chinese and Turkish evalgleicals who claim they’ve found the remains of Noah’s Ark. The remains of Noah’s Ark have been discovered 13,000ft up a...
Indian Military Investigating Holy Man Claiming 70 Years Fast
In an effort to make a super soldier, the Indian military has turned to a holy man who claims to have not eaten in over 70 years since he was blessed by a goddess. India’s Defense Research Development Organization thinks it may have found...
Jaw Of Likely Awesome New Winged Dinosaur Found
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the best lede ever written for a news story. An ancient reptile with a 9-foot wingspan was soaring over the sea in what is now North Texas some 95 million years ago when – plop – it fell into the...
New Discovery Helps Prove That Earth Sucked Until Asteroid Brought Water
A thin film of water ice and organic material has been identified on an asteroid by a NASA telescope. This bolsters the theory that an asteroid brought both crucial elements for life to Earth. “It now appears that when the asteroids and...
Top Secret Hypersonic Air Force Glider Goes Missing Minutes After First Test Flight
In case you were tired of running down all the conspiracy angles for the Air Forces’ new X-37B shuttle, here is a fresh new piece of AF intrigue for you to chew on. The Air Force’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2—designed to attack...
The Smell Of Rotting Flesh? Oh, That’s Just The Blooming “Corpse Flower”
Flower, for my dearest? A rare behemoth flower — dubbed the “corpse flower” for its rotting-meat smell — is set to bloom at Western Illinois University this week. It’s one of a small group of these flowers that have bloomed in cultivation...
Study: Facial Hair Creates Less Intelligible Speech
Study gave test subjects fake mustaches and wicked amish beards to see how much visual speech recognition was affected. Investigating the interference of facial hair with visual speech intelligibility poses the problem of accurately...
1907 Newspaper Report Of California Sea Monster
Headline: SEA SERPENT NEARS SHORE DISPORTS IN SURF AT OCEAN PARK STAYS BEYOND RANGE OF RIFLE SHOTS “The first thing which attracted my attention was when a huge head bobbed up above the surface of the water,” said Mr. Franklyn last night....
Despite Best Efforts, Exposed Breasts Fail To Trigger Massive Earthquake
Cleric said boobs cause earthquake. Boobs tried to do just that. Boobs failed. Hooray science!
Chemists & Biologists Unite To Crack Bacterial Defense Code
Could be the path to besting bacteria like E.Coli. High five! [Science Daily]