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Podcast: Die AntShwood
New Cousin to the Velociraptor Discovered in China
Liaoning Province in China is known for the substantial amount of dinosaur fossils that’ve turned up in the dirt there. Over the years everything from insects to fish to plants have been discovered in such detail that even skin textures...
After Things: Love and Compassion
Podcast: Soul System
18th Century Shipwreck Accidentally Discovered – 100 Miles Off the Coast of North Carolina
Marine scientists that had set out on an expedition to explore seepage of methane gas along the eastern coastline as well as looking for their mooring from previous visits to the area were surprised when they caught of sight something they...
First FAA-Approved Drone Delivery Isn’t Amazon – It’s a Medical Supply Delivery to People in Need
Drone delivery services have faced a LOT of set backs, legal issues and red tape. But now all of that seems to be slowly melting away and all the starting parameters and legislation should be ironed out with in the year. Recently the FAA...
Hitchhiking “Robot” Begins Epic US Adventure
It’s traveled from one side of Canada to the other. It’s also traveled extensively all over Europe. Now it’s about to travel from Salem, Massachusetts to San Fransisco, California… Depending completely on the the kindness of strangers...
Don’t Have Cash for Transylvanian Music Festival? It’s Cool – They’re Accepting Blood
You know how it is… There’s a 3-5 day music fest like Bonnaroo or Coachella coming up and you just can’t swing the cash because your grind is barely helping you pay the rent. But what if there was another way to attend a music fest…you...
Space Object Plays Chicken with the ISS – Astronauts Forced to Hunker Down in Capsule
Early this morning the ISS and a piece of debris from an old Russian weather satellite almost gave one another a bro-like chest bump. Astronauts had an hour and a half to secure as many of the ISS’s individual modules and get themselves...
After Things: Gothopolis
Podcast: Machina At Last
Researcher Wires Four Rats’ Brains Together – Creates Bizarre Organic “Brainet”
At Duke University a researcher who’s pioneering brain-computer interfaces has circuited four rats’ together via their brains and created a gooey and organic “Brainet”. Miguel Nicolelis, the neurobiologist pioneering this neuroengineering...
Record Made with Conductive Paint to Create “Music” – Sounds More Like Angry, Drunk R2D2
Two researchers at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design recently decided to make a record utilizing conductive paint. Conductive paint is awesome…just think of it as paintable wiring. Sounds great, right? It is…unless you decided...
Someone Stitched Together 400,000 Space Photos – You’ll Be Glad People Have This Kind of Time
YouTube user Daveachuk has created a late-night, where-do-I-fit-in-the-universe, pondering-life-late-at-night video from over 400,000 photos as well as data taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The resulting video is almost mesmerizing...
Charon Photobombs New Horizon Photo of Pluto
Back in 2006 the New Horizon space probe left Earth on mission to visit Pluto. On July 14th of this year, New Horizon will finally reach its destination and give us a closer look at the piece of rock that was once on the a-list of planets...
Man’s Wife Gets Beaten by Evil Demon Poltergeist – Hires Pro Demon Slayer to do Battle
Tracey and Kerion Fry have marriage problems. And not in the normal domestic disturbance kind of way, either. According to the Frys, an evil, seriously pissed-off poltergeist is plaguing their marriage and their home. Before calling upon...
Ancient Lodging Discovery Rewrites Icelandic Local Settlement History
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of what appears to be an ancient lodging almost 20 feet wide and 65 feet long in central Reykjavík. A government-sponsored team stumbled across the remains of the building and believes it predates...
After Things: Pale Blue Dot
Jaguar Shows Off New Experimental Auto Tech – Turns Range Rover into Smartphone-Driven RC Car
A long time ago on the WeirdThings podcast, because we’re always ahead of the curve when it comes to hypotheticals about how new tech might be used in ridiculous scenarios, we pondered how someone might use smart-car tech to commit...