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Forget Augmented Reality – We Want Terminator Vision
Excitement over augmented reality applications for the iPhone and other devices is certainly justified to an extent. But let’s not forget the original augmented reality baring device as imagine by James Cameron, the Terminator T-800. What...
Weirdest Thing In The World Live Chat! Dinosaurs!
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CSI Cairo
It took 2,500 years but investigators finally cracked the case of out what killed an Egyptian woman. What makes this particularly interesting is how recent DNA extraction techniques made it possible to extract fragments of tuberculosis...
Is this Atlantis and Did its Demise Cause a Massive Tsunami?
Researchers now speculate that an island chain once inhabited by the Minoan’s may have been a much larger island that was wiped out in a volcanic eruption that sent tidal waves as far as Israel. Speculation has abounded as to whether the...
President’s Science Advisor: Beware the Coming Ice Age!
Technically John P. Holdren wasn’t the science advisor when he made his dire predictions of an Ice Age and Ice Age powered super tidal waves bringing destruction upon us all in 1971. He was just trying to make sense of the data at hand...
Meteor Shower Caused The Great Chicago Fire
Wither the reputation of poor Catherine O’Leary. A muckraking hack thinks it’d make a great read to libel your name by insinuating a cow under your control kicked a lantern, which ignited the surrounding hay, which torched the barn which...
Ever Wondered Who Bloody Mary Really Was?
Bloody Mary is the Monster of the Week! Matt Finley explained some of the ghastly woman’s other talents on Monday. Wednesday he explained exactly why you’ve been hoodwinked into calling her out all these years.. With all the varying verbal...
Weirdest Thing In The World: Dinosaurs
Today’s Weird Things chat will one day be discovered by a team of overexcited, yet likely emotionally repressed, academics wearing khaki shorts. Hold on to your butts, we’re looking for the Weirdest Dinosaur in the World. Here are the...
Was Blue Stonehenge a crematorium?
The recent discovery of another megalithic site near Stonehenge has added yet another layer to the mystery. The presence of “Blue Stonehenge” approximately a mile away suggests that it was part of a larger scheme. What these stone age land...
Ruskies plan to invade Venus
The Russian space research institute IKI has announced ambitious plans to explore the planet Venus. Is this a sign that they’ve forgone Mars because the “Red Planet” is just so cliche now? Or do they know something we don’t? BBC NEWS |...
Welcome to the Twilight Zone of sleep
From New Scientist comes research that sleep is even weirder than we thought. Microsleep, hallucinations and sleepwalking murder are just some of the symptoms… EARLIER this year, a puzzling report appeared in the journal Sleep Medicine. It...
Who’s Invited To The Ultimate Screening Of <i>eXistenZ</i>
One movie. Five people, living or dead, at the screening. Who and why? Today’s screening: “eXistenZ” An indispensible entry in the mid-‘90s oeuvre of sci-fi mind-ef cinema, David Cronenberg’s “eXistenZ,” a pseudo update of his 1986 opus...
Reason.com: Will the Singularity Kill Us?
Ron Bailey at Reason.com attended the Singularity Summit on NYC and was presented with several scenarios of the future. Many of them were quite frightening. As the Singularity Institute’s Anna Salamon explained in her opening presentation...
PRAVDA: Mankind Close to Creating ‘Mananimal’
If you think the concept hurts your brain, wait until you try reading the article on Pravda. We think it has something to do with human hybrids, but talks a lot about a dog giving birth to kittens…Mankind Close to Creating ‘Mananimal’ –...
NASA to blow up the Moon
Mr. Show had it first… Real story.
Diggerland Is The Weirdest Amusement Park In The World
UK’s own Diggerland won the prize this week in minimalist fashion. Watch the super-catchy commercial and theme song AFTER THE JUMP!
Weirdest Thing In The World: Amusement Parks
Today’s Weird Things chat the trip you’ve been looking forward too all summer. Bug the hell out of your parents and fill up on cotten candy, we’re aiming to find the Weirdest Amusement Park in the World. Here are the ground rules: •...
The Ten Worst Cliches About Vampire Films From Folks Who Just Watched Hundreds
Few people on Earth have watched as many vampire films over the past few weeks as the hard-working staff of the 2009 Vampire Film Festival. While they prepare to descend onto New Orleans October 23rd for a four day celebration of...
Cotesia Glomerata Is The Weirdest Parasite Is The World
If you’d like more information on the Cotesia Glomerata read this stuff. Wow.
Weirdest Thing In The World: Parasites
Parasite Causes Cricket To Commit Suicide – Watch more Funny Videos Today’s Weird Things chat is going deep into the world of unwelcome guests. Ready the antidote, we’re going to find the Weirdest Parasites in the World. Here are the...