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Mother Nature Creates Giger-Inspired Wasp!
Let’s imagine Mother Nature wanted to create a wasp to remind us that she’s still very much in charge of things. Let’s say she’s been looking at a lot of HR Giger’s work for inspiration. Now let’s say that she’s already finished it and...
Man’s Best Friend Not Safe From ‘Zombie’ Attacks!
Eventually it’s going to stop, right? The zombie-style incidents? They’ll come to an end before we all end up eating one another, won’t they? Not any time soon, people. Not only will they not stop but they’re already getting tired of the...
BOOM! Possible Supernova Recorded in 774AD
Centuries ago, in AD 774, some guy in Britain is keeping a written record of life’s goings-on. In that year he mentions witnessing something strange…a weird “red crucifix” hanging in the sky. Fling yourself forward in time. Researchers are...
Podcast: Ferret Cooties
Brian stumbles into his new infant child’s room only to find a bloody mystery involving a deadly animal and a hidden menace. Andrew reassures the listeners that the labs producing the most deadly diseases on the planet are being kept...
Military Weaponizes Lightning! Hell Yeah!
Here’s your ‘Hell Yeah!’ moment of the week! If you enjoy phrases like “a device that shoots laser bolts” or “50 billion watts of optical power” you may want to continue reading about how the military is weaponizing lightning with a device...
HYSTERIA ALERT: Human Blood Still Has More Alcohol than Soda
The UK’s Daily Mail is breathlessly reporting that leading soft drinks including Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain trace amounts of alcohol. What ramifications should this have for teetotallers and people who abstain for drinking for religious...
Besties Forever: Woman and Cow Found Buried Together
During the excavation of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Cambridgeshire, archaeologists have discovered the last resting place of a woman and her….cow? University students who uncovered the find first thought the animal was a horse since men...
[Video] Man vs Robot at Rocks Paper Scissors.
News about this Rock Paper Scissors-playing robotic hand has been buzzing because people seem to think it’s novel and cute. Mocking the slow reflexes of humankind is not novel and not cute. This is more like a total dig and a little kid...
33 Pound Tumor Removed from 26 Pound Boy
During a 10 hour surgery, doctors at Mexico City’s La Raza Medical Center removed a 33 pound tumor from 26 pound two-year-old Jesus Gabriel. Gabriel was born with a small, benign lump on his right side that grew faster than he did and...
[Video] Swarming Robots Perform “Meet Your Creator”
Featured on the cover of WIRED magazine this month, these little drones or “quadrotors” have been popping up everywhere lately. The show in the video above features 16 of them performing some very cool computer-controlled aerial...
80 Teddy Ruxpins Become Creepy Voice of the Internet!
Many of you might remember Teddy Ruxpin as something of a tech marvel of the 80s. Teddy Ruxpin was like having your own Disney animatronic as a kid. Insert a cassette tape into his back, press play and Teddy Ruxpin would lip-sync to...
Bath-Salt Zombie Activity in New York!
We’re not out of the woods yet, kids. ‘Bath Salt Zombie’ activity is now being reported in central New York! Police officers were called to a bar where a visibly disturbed woman lunged at one officer’s face while screaming that she wanted...
Deer Afflicted with ‘Gnarly Buck’
Ola Enbagen of Gothenburg, Sweden casually went out to grab his morning paper from the post office box. As a bonus he got to see a cute little deer grazing quietly. Only there was something different about this deer. “He was looking...
Bird Flu Goes Viral in Lab Ferrets!
Virologists and epidemiologists sure can be a fun bunch. Put enough money behind one of their projects and who knows what you’ll end up with. In this case we may end up with the end of the human race. Remember the bird flu scare? Total...
Sorcery and Witchcraft Punishable By Beheading
At first this headline sounded like a joke. This kind of treatment doesn’t still happen ala the Salem witch trials, does it? It apparently and disturbingly does. Muree bin Ali Issa al-Asiri was executed several days ago in Saudi Arabia for...
Video: Boy Gets Harpooned in the Face!
Just…Is there really anything to say? Sixteen-year-old Yasser Lopez was diving off the coast of Florida with friends when one of these said friends accidentally fired a harpoon…into his FACE! Although the three-foot harpoon somehow missed...
Video: Easter Island Statue Walks!
This fall a collaboration between NOVA & National Geographic will show how scientists think primitive culture may have moved the five-ton, ten-foot-tall Moai statues on Easter Island. [National Geographic YouTube Channel]
Is this How R2-D2 Rolls Down Stairs?
It’s a skateboard that can roll down stairs. Royal College of Art graduate Po-Chih Lai adjusted the trucks so they adjust to the stress of the steps. But more importantly, is this how our favorite sassy droid gets out of a building in case...
Florida Zombie-Like Attacks Continue!
A decade from now when society looks back on what brought about the zombie apocalypse, Florida will probably be referred to as ground zero. Once again, this time in Manatee County, Florida, law enforcement had to resort to using multiple...
Customizable Dolls Take Creepy to a Whole New Level!
Every time you think dolls couldn’t get any creepier…SURPRISE! This new evolution of the doll species is taking it to a whole new level. Produced out of London and Helsinki, Makie dolls are a new breed of doll for the ‘maker’ set....