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Paul Allen, Burt Rutan Team to Launch Rockets from Gigantic 1.2 Million Lb. Plane
UPDATE: Two key points missed in the initial post. First, this will indeed the largest plane ever built. Second, the rockets launched into orbit will be built by Weird Things darlings SpaceX. Paul Allen and Burt Rutan have teamed up once...
Lizard Plays Video Game, Crushes It
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World’s Smallest Frogs Found
If you were on the hunt for the world’s smallest frogs, you better get to New Guinea. Field work by researcher Fred Kraus from Bishop Museum, Honolulu has found the world’s smallest frogs in southeastern New Guinea. This also makes them...
Higgs Boson Explained Using Fat Man in a Pool Metaphor
The Higgs Boson is big news today. We found it. We are close to finding it. We have surrounded it are are now waiting for a list of it’s demands. But if you’re someone who has no idea what a hell a Higgs Boson is, how are you supposed to...
As Private Space Exploration Dawns, NASA Launches Online Radio Station
NASA has officially launched Third Rock: America’s Space Station. It’s also happy to report that they’re only slightly over their $400,000 budget to play a Kings of Leon rock block in the three o’ clock hour. The second part isn’t true....
You Will Believe a Fish Can Walk
He’s no Muddy Mudskipper, but this African lungfish is shown walking on his fins in this video. You know what they say, you have to crawl before you walk and walk before you climb from the water and murder the land dwelling mammals above...
I Know Kung-Fu: Super Fast, Unconscious Matrix-Style Learning Possible
New research out of Boston University and the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan suggests that the kind of super-fast “information upload” style learning upgrades imagined in the Matrix films could be a reality....
Oscar the Octopus Defeats “Two-Ton” Tony
We are roughly 66 years late reporting on this decision, but considering our recent fascination with octopi here at Weird Things, we figured you’d find it relevant. This photo, commemorating the day that Oscar the Octopus beat the burly...
Google Founders Offer to Save Historic Hangar One if They Can Store Private Jets Fleet There
As of now NASA’s historic Hangar One will be destroyed. Victim of a budget cut. One of the largest free standing structures in the world and historic landmark in the aviation history of this country will be completely demolished and lost...
Crocodile Population Booms In Canals Surrounding Nuclear Plant
Crocodile population has exploded in the tranquil man made canals surrounding the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Homestead, Florida. What could possibly go wrong? That’s where Bob Bertelson and Mario Aldecoa come in. They work for...
SpaceX Sets Launch Date For First Private Spacecraft To Dock With ISS
We are unapologetic fanboys for SpaceX. In the tank. Drinking the Kool-Aid. In fact, don’t be surprised if publisher Andrew Mayne gets a tattoo of the SpaceX logo with “RAD” in the middle. So there is a reason we’ve collectively marked...
[Video] And Now… A Zebra Scream “Whoooooa!”
The person who uploaded this video swears up and down that the noise made when the zebra opens his mouth is that of the animal and not of he or his friend. I believe him. Because, why not.
Uncanny Valley [eBook Recommendation]
Simone Allyne is the Weird Things eBook reviewer focusing on readily available, affordable Science Fiction and Fantasy. If you have a book you’d like reviewed, please email WeirdThingsMail@Gmail I’ve arrived at that time of the year where...
Study: Sexually Transmitted Disease Makes Your Armpits Stink Worse
Follow your nose! To a sexual partner not beset by disease! A Russian study found that men dealing with gonorrhea has less attractive smelling armpit sweat than those without, therefore deterring potential mates. In the study, armpit sweat...
Closely Guarded Chinese Secret, Huh? Names Of Chinese “Taikonauts” Accidentally Revealed In Commemorative Memorabilia
After their selection 18 months ago, the names of the crew that will be sent into space by the People’s Republic of China has been kept under wraps. Until someone put their autographs on a commemorative postmarked envelope and accidentally...
Squirrel Pulls Fire Alarm, Avoids Fine
A squirrel has been busted for sneakily setting off a fire alarm after footage was reviewed by school officials. The squirrel had been living in the cafeteria, but after this little stunt it was captured and kicked out. “The squirrel was...
Exactly How Easy Would It Be To Clone A Wooly Mammoth?
How difficult is it to clone one of the most iconic extinct beasts in the history of the planet? Not as hard as you think. Then again, that depends on how hard you think it is. If you think it’s impossible, it’s going to be quicker. If you...
New Illusion Demonstrates How Our Brains Construct A 3D Illusion From 2D Image
New research has shown the there are specific, consistent patterns that create the illusion of 3D images in our brains. It is created by stimulating specific nerve cells. Researchers created a 2D image designed to excite those nerves...
Proof: Cloaked Spaceship Revealed Orbiting Mercury
Sure, alien craft. You think you’re slick kicking it outside of Mercury in your cloaked spaceship? Well you certainly didn’t see a solar flare wave washing over your craft and revealing your planet-sized vehicle for all of human kind to...
Hedy Lamarr: How A Golden Age Movie Star’s Amateur Invention Paved The Way For Cellular Calling, Wi-Fi
A new biography about the remarkable life of film star and inventor Hedy Lamarr tells the story behind her idea that revolutionized the way we communicate today. Lamarr became focused on defense innovation when a German U-Boat sank a ship...