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Mother Nature Says, “Get off my lawn!” </br>Humans attacked by Ants, Bees, Spiders
Let’s just call it quits, people. Over the last couple of weeks, Mother Nature has decided to remind all of us who’s really in charge. Here’s the rundown of recently terrifying yet gentle reminders from her: Deadly Spiders vs Homeowners:...
Mysterious Clowns Make Nightly Appearances in Small California Town!
In a small town in California called Wasco something odd has quietly started appearing… Clowns. You’d read that and think, “That’s great! My kids LOVE clowns!” Then you’d hear the more of the story and say, “They only come out at night?”...
Wander Aimlessly in the Desert via Google Camel
As Google continues to document every crevice of our world with a camera so armchair world travelers can sit at home in their underwear and globe-trot, they’re realizing that a car with a first-gen Imperial Probe Droid mounted on its roof...
Podcast: Lynxes and Minxes, OH MY!
Poo talk! What are all those eyes looking back at you in the middle of the night? What is the cutest possible animal we could genetically engineer? Which animals are ready to become domesticated? Also: Lemur/Lemus… ANDREW MAYNE NEW YORK...
Podcast: Grand Theft Ghoul
Andrew and Justin discuss the curious case of\Ghost Robber. Debate the likelihood of the new iPhones ushering in an era of Apple Virtual Reality. Andrew admits he’s looking forward to writing on his new Apple Watch. The boys look forward...
Welder dons Batsuit, builds Batpod becomes Chibatman!
Here in the states we’re all pretty used to Christian Bale as Batman getting in peoples’ faces and barking like he’s trying to carry on a conversation in a dance club. But what if there was a kinder more approachable version of the Dark...
Because Florida sits on a Hellmouth…<br>The Mantis Shrimp
Florida rides a double-edged sword. On one side people proclaim it’s a great place to vacation. On the other side are the people who live there who are completely aware of the fact that it’s just wet sand covering a giant Hellmouth....
Meet Pepper – Adorable Robot Face of Our Demise
Created as a joint effort between SoftBank and French robotics company Aldebaran, Pepper a preciously adorable robot, was unveiled recently in stores throughout Tokyo. The humans behind Pepper are hoping that everyone will want him to join...
Podcast: SpaceX Field Trip Report
Podcast: GhostBNB
PREORDER ANDREW MAYNE’S ANGEL KILLER ON AMAZON BEFORE SEPTEMBER 23rd The boys discuss the impossible engine… spoiler it’s probably still impossible. Andrew finds a treasure trove of awesomeness in space. A preparation for the Weird Things...
News Crew Investigates Alleged Home Haunting – Makes Ghost Angry
A news crew was sent to do a story about an alleged haunted house that it set to be featured on a new show called the ‘Dead Files’. From the sound of it, the whole crew seemed to have the what-could-possibly-go-wrong attitude. What they...
Croatian man allegedly cures with awkward stare
Nope. That’s not some forgotten 80s rockstar up there in that photo. That’s Braco. He’s a ‘healer’ like Benny Hinn is a ‘healer’. Except Braco, who’s from Croatia and whose name literally translates to ‘Bro’ in Croatian, has done away with...
Podcast: Soft Water Landing
Ex-MegaDeath Drummer Records UFO – Bonus: Reveals how humans evolved
The video pretty much explains it all. Nick Menza, who used to play for MegaDeath before things got ugly between him and his bandmates, spotted something weird in the sky over his home and hit record. “I was standing in my front yard with...
Ancient Sea Creature Brain Discovered in China
Anomalocaridids. That’s the name for a bucket of strange insect-like creatures with terrifying pincers that crawled around on the ground billions of years ago and ate other, not-as-scary insect-like creatures with only semi-terrifying...
Podcast: Russia’s Big Hole
Scientists Create Material That Absorbs All the Light
Using nanotubes, British scientists have created a material called VantaBlack that acts like a bunch of very, very tiny blackhole when it comes to light. The material is so black that our eyes can’t discern any type of edges or features an...
DARPA’s Bullet of the Future Follows Its Targets
Welcome to the future, kids. DARPA has just released video of its first actual test of EXACT (Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance) 50 caliber bullet. Big deal, right? Read that acronym again. Mainly the part that says ‘Tasked Ordinance’....
Japan Unveils Disturbing Future of Newscasters
Meet Otonoroid (the more stately female android on the right) and Kodomoroid (the awkward android on the left). Unveiled in Japan as part of a future museum exhibit asking, “What is human?”, these two androids are accessing news stories in...
Podcast: Goblin Rock
Goblins terrorize Africa in the most rockin’ way possible. Anthrax is loose, how could this happen! Chick Pox lollipops are all the rage. Who were the first Americans? Why are we tribal? It’s all explained in a new Weird Things podcast....