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Fish Are Friends! Until Their Evil Counterparts Begin Eating Your Face!
We’ve seen it time and time again in spectacularly bad science fiction grist ripe for SyFy’s cheesy flick of the week: A chemical spill causes normally docile creatures to mutate into larger-than-life versions of themselves. Sharks mix...
Zombie Apocalypse Begins in Miami?
UPDATE: It’s been determined that the ‘Causeway Cannibal’ was not on any synthetic drugs or bath salts. He was high on marijuana. Whether we’re ready for it or not, it seems like either someone could no longer contain the T-Virus or simply...
Space Boom
By the end of this decade we could well be on our way to the largest period of growth in human history. The global economy would dramatically increase and the overall wealth of the planet will skyrocket. The people at the lowest end of the...
Elon Musk Explains SpaceX Dragon Docking as Doctor Evil
A fun moment from yesterday’s press briefing about SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft docking with the International Space Station, marking the first time a commercial craft has done any such thing. Ever. Anyhow, Musk was asked to explain some of...
Man, Small Zebra & Parrot Arrested For Drunk Driving
A man who brought a small zebra and parrot with him into a bar called the Dog House was later arrested for drunk driving. Police found the two animals in the truck of his vehicle. Reiter says the zebra and macaw parrot are pets and like...
New Partnership Brings Us Ever Closer to Yeti Proof
A new partnership could herald a historic moment for the cryptozoology community. Venerable Oxford University will partner with the Lausanne Museum of Zoology in utilizing the latest genetic techniques to investigate organic remains of...
Watch as Humans Step Aboard the First Private Spacecraft – In Space
For the first time in history, humans stepped aboard a privately developed spacecraft in space. Watch as the ISS astronauts open the hatch and inspect SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft:
Iran: This Text Will Collapse Christianity
An Iranian official is stating that a text confiscated by Turkish authorities legitimizes Islam as the only true religion and will sow seeds of discord amongst Christian communities the world over. The “Barnabus Gospel” is now in Turkey...
Podcast: Night of the Dragon
In a very special episode of Weird Things, Andrew and Justin race to Cape Canaveral, Florida to see history in making as SpaceX attempts to launch their Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule. After already driving six hours there and...
1,600 Year Old Black Magic Curse Discovered
Talk about holding a grudge. A pair of 1,600 year old black magic curses have been found, one each for a senator and an animal doctor named Procello who really gets cursed out. “Destroy, crush, kill, strangle Porcello and wife Maurilla....
What’s Next for SpaceX
This morning the world woke up to find out what the rest of us stayed up and watched happen: SpaceX launched their second spacecraft into orbit on a first of its kind mission to the International Space Station. The next few days involve...
Weird Things LIVE at the Dragon Launch
Justin Robert Young and Andrew Mayne at the SpaceX launch of the Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. It was EPIC and AWESOME.
Red Tape Delays Opening of Ominous Chamber in Great Pyramid
Two mysterious ‘doors’ deep inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid were slowly being explored by tiny robots…until political unrest and paperwork brought everything to a screeching halt. The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has paused what’s...
Russian Company Wants to Put Your Soul into a Creepy Android
While everyone’s been busy applauding Space X, nerd-herding our likes to Pinterest and getting anxious over Facebook’s IPO, Russia’s decided to just keep right on working on their latest little science fair project… immortality! With...
House Full o’ Fossils: Man Loves Dinosaurs More Than You
Dinosaur archaeologist. Those words conjure up a lot of school and a highly-educated lab-coat-wearing stereotype for most of us, right? Or at the least monologue-spouting dinosaur-loving cast of Jurassic Park, right? Then there’s 78...
Optical Illusion Morphs Gorgeous Celebrities Into Horrifying Trolls
Take a loot at the cross in the middle of this video. Keep you eyes focused on it. The faces that grace the covers of magazines and open films to multi-million dollar bonanzas suddenly turn into grossly deformed freaks. You will swear they...
Jurassic Era Microbes Found Alive, Barely
Single cell microbes in the most remote portions of the ocean floor dating back to days when dinosaurs roamed the Earth are indeed alive. But not by much. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaarely alive. Which is a scientific term. Each “a” signifying how much...
Researchers Use Google Algorithm to Determine Biomarkers in Cancer
German researchers have utilized the strategy behind PageRank, the revolutionary Google algorithm which finds relevant search results to determine critical cancerous biomarkers. The results could facilitate earlier understanding of how...
Podcast: Payload – Andrew Mayne Stories podcast episode 006
Thriller writer Andrew Mayne presents free audiobooks and short stories of mystery and adventure. This episode features Payload, read by special guest Justin Robert Young. Tweet Subscribe on iTunes Get the RSS feed for the podcast here...
How badly did you want to be Iron Man when you were a kid?
I wanted to be Iron Man so bad when I was a kid, my hair smelled like Folger’s Crystals from wearing a coffee can on my head. Not a joke. I cut off the end of a tennis ball can, put a dish glove on it and made my own slapdash armor. You...