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Hobbit Fight Breaks Out At Anthropology Conference
New controversial new research suggests that a separate “hobbit” hominid evolved on an Indonesian island after migrating from Africa more than one million years ago. Apparently they had the “There” part down. “And Back Again”? Not so much....
Sexy Lady Clothing Revealed As Cause Of Recent Earthquakes By Cleric
That explains a lot. “Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes,” Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by...
Oklahoma Town Barely Manages To Call Mangy Raccoon A Cryptid
You know, you see enough bizarre animals and after a while it probably just gets tiresome calling them all proof positive of urban legends. Just ask Adair, Oklahoma. They went and found themselves a mangey raccoon and try as some locals...
Near Death Experiences Linked To (Boring) Depravation Of Oxygen
The magical Monet-esqe dreamscape where your soul mingles with the realm beyond, only for your Grandmother to pause her game of bridge with your pee wee football coach so she can tell you that your time on earth isn’t over, after all who...
Monkey Police On The Patrol In Thailand
If this isn’t the coolest picture ever taken, I don’t know what is. Santisuk Phromdao is a pig-tailed macaque monkey from Sai Buri district, Patttani province, southern Thailand. Although only five years old, Santisuk patrols the streets...
Astronauts Could Build Base On The Moon Out Of Lunar Dust
Hey space fans, don’t be blue that Mean Ol’ Obama said we aren’t sending men to the moon anytime soon. Because once we get there… our pad is going to be totally sick thanks to a new 3-D printing technology that could turn boring lunar dust...
New Zealand Cameraman Gets Mugged By Octopus
No one expects to Sget their camera stolen by an octopus. Which makes it the perfect crime… [Stuff.co.nz via Pharyngula]
Your Brain Can’t Tell Up From Down Inside Your Mouth
Ever pointed out which tooth is killing you to the dentist, only for the smug dong to give you a wide-eyed glance, then shoot a bemused look at the hygienist, then give you a patronizing “suuuuuuuure it’s the back right molar” whilst...
Family Gets More Crowded, Evidence Of New Human Relative Found
From Stone Pages.com. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig recently announced that analysis of DNA from a tiny fragment of bone from the Denisova Cave in the Siberian Altai Mountains indicates...
Was The Wisconsin Fireball The Same Kind That Started The Chicago Fire?
Panicked cheeseheads across the Quad Cities area of Wisconsin reported seeing a massive fireball light up the night sky on Wednesday. But, was the brilliant streaking light, thought to be caused by a meteor shower, just a repeat of another...
Has Radio Astronomy Discovered The Coming Of Galactus?
Who needs The Watcher? According to radio astronomers at the University of Manchester, a “baffling new object” in a nearby galaxy is unlike anything they’ve seen before. But those who know better sure recognize that color scheme, that...
Your Flight Has Been Delayed Due To Volcanic Activity
From CNN: European countries shut their airspace one after the other Thursday as a cloud of volcanic ash wafted over from Iceland and posed a danger to flights. Airspace over the United Kingdom was due to be closed for six hours from...
3 Monster Stories, 2 From Movies, 1 Reported By Real People: Can YOU Find The Fiend?
Below are descriptions of three grotesque monsters. Two of them are merely the fictional creations of popular artists; one is a creature that has actually been reported. Can you Find the Fiend? a.) Said to prowl the dry air above the...
Behold! The T-Rex Of Leeches!
What has sharp teeth, is the size of a pinkie finger and slides up the noses of Peruvians? Tyrannobdella rex! The Tyrant Leech King! The beast has teeth five-times larger than other leeches and has most recently been found in the noses of...
Maria Bello Lists Cryptozoology Among Common Interests With New Fiance
Cryptomundo tells the beautiful love story of actress Maria Bello (you might remember her from THAT scene in A History Of Violence) and her new fiance Bryn Mooser, one that was cemented by a mutual interest in the search for cryptids....
Werner Herzog To Direct 3D Documentary On Cave Paintings
Release all the Krakens you want. One of popular cinema’s most notorious nuts, Werner Herzog took a 3D camera into a cave and is planning doing a documentary about the paintings he saw. [Guardian via Boing Boing]
Professor Wants Students To Major In UFO Studies
Do you want to study UFOs through college? Niagra County Community College just became your number one application. The studing of UFOs and other unexplained phenomena from space should be a legitimate university subject, an American...
Magazine In 1910 Envisioned Horrific Attacks By Giant Insects
The above picture is from a 1910 issue of The Strand Magazine in a feature entitled “If Insects Were Bigger.” In a pre-World War society, I can empathize that this could be seen as humanity’s biggest threat. Click AFTER THE JUMP for a...
New Astronomy Technology Hunts For Alien Life, Our Very Origins
As per Popular Science: Until recently, radio astronomers have concentrated almost exclusively on the high-energy radiation streaming in towards Earth from exotic stellar bodies like pulsars, quasars, and super-massive black holes. But...
Jack Kirby’s Secret Plan To Stop The 2012 Apocalypse
As chronicled in yesterday’s New York Times a new wealth of heroes conceived by one of the fathers of modern comics, Jack Kirby, have been unveiled by California animation company whom he worked for later in his career. The firm that owns...