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Google Lobbies Nevada For Robot Driver’s Rights
Robots deserve to legally drive in Nevada. Google is fighting for their rights. Will the Silver State agree? Or perpetrate yet another act of human bigotry upon our silicon brothers? The search giant is currently lobbying Nevada to make...
The Alien Who Was Confused For A Drunk Driver
A loud bang shatters the calm of a California morning. Outside, indulging in her ritual cup of coffee and a cigarette, a local mother simply assumes that a neighbor tied one on a little too tight last night. An evening at the bar turned...
Student Discovers Unknown Ice Age Virus In Indiana Cave
Students in the Introduction To Biotechnology (IT220) class at Purdue were instructed for one of their projects to collect soil samples as part of the National Genomics Research Initiative. Most of the students were content to collect...
Fossils Indicate Awesome Battle Between Awesome Prehistoric Sea Monsters
An era before time. An era before aquatic decency. An era of totally bitching ichthyosaur fights! New fossil finds indicate a very violent encounter (most likely) between two ichthyosaurs which left one scarred by deep gouges in the snout....
Did The Moon Reveal A Translucent UFO Over Argentia?
The dusky skies of San Juan, Argentina glowed extra bright on April 25th. Beams of light from the peaking moon, normally soft and gentle, a nudging reminder of the coming night pierced through the air with uncommon veracity. What could...
Scientists Make Computer Schizophrenic
Filed under “Things That Maybe Aren’t That Great”, scientists have figured out how to induce schizophrenic symptoms in a computer. In the test, they were able to overwhelm the computer with so much information that it developed crazy...
Theory Of Alien Life Raining Down On Earth Historically Linked To Meteor Passing
In 2001, a bizarre scarlet rain showered southwest India on-and-off over two months. Many were baffled by the cell structures which gave the droplets its red hue. Some even suggested they might be extra terrestrial. Those people have a...
Podcast: O Positive & Blade Face Blow Their Unicorn Whistles
Andrew would like to clone a Unicorn and comes up with a new way to fund a Space Elevator. Brian and Justin discuss their new lives as undead Special Forces agents. Meanwhile, a mysterious signal from an advanced alien civilization puts...
Tehran: Now Officially The Worst Place In The World To Pull An Ambitious Card Routine
A power struggle between Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led the latter to arrest many of the former’s top allies on charges of “sorcery.” Several people said to be close to the president...
And Now: Extreme Evolutionary Mimicry
This treehopper insect has developed an absolutely insane helmet that looks like an aggressive species of ant. There are more of these over at New Scientist. [New Scientist via io9]
Alligator Does Not Respect The Police
Florida is where the magic happens. Also, don’t turn your back on the wildlife. [Jalopnik]
Dr. Ian Malcolm Is Pissed: All-Female Lizard Species Created In Lab
Henry Wu: You’re implying that a group composed entirely of female animals will… breed? Dr. Ian Malcolm: No, I’m simply saying that life, uh… finds a way. Scientists looking to create a species of all-female lizards have finally succeeded....
Ant The Size Of Hummingbird Fossil Discovered In Wyoming
Imagine an ant so large it could tear your flesh. Now imagine an entire colony of them descending upon you in your sleep. You wake up almost instantly as the shifting weight of a cadre of insect killers disturbs your dreams. Terror creeps...
Was Osama Bin Laden The Same Height As Bigfoot? Yes! Probably!
A very careful analysis from Loren Coleman says that Sasquatch and Osama Bin Laden were most likely around the same height. Spoiler Alert: they were both a littler shorter than we thought. Also, Bigfoot survived Osama Bin Laden. That makes...
Unknown Creature Tied In Ropes Washed Up
A 55-foot long, unknown sea creature has washed up on the beaches of Guangdong, China tied up in ropes. Did it lose an epic battle with Santiago or did it just become entangled in the trash of the ocean? What do you think? The fish is...
Beastie Boys Play Their Entire New Album On A Sasquatch’s Boom Box In Madison Square Garden, Post To YouTube
Seriously. The whole album. Boom box. Center court at the most famous arena in the world. Sasquatch. [YouTube]
Podcast: Death Thy Name Is Chupy
Andrew describes a harrowing trip into the woods where he comes face to face with a real Chupacabra. The Boys get into an extremely nerdy screaming match about the relative merits of going to Mars or building a Space Elevator. Justin is...
Eternal Sunshine On Your Spotless Mind: New Breakthrough In Memory Erasure
Did Space X just show its secret plans for a mission to Mars?
Space X released a video today showing their plans and capabilities for their Dragon space capsule. Besides the ability to ferry crew to and from orbit and to the International Space Station, Elon Musk, head of Space X has said that the...
Chupacabra Skeleton Under The Floor
Workers unearthed a skeleton from under the floor of an “sinister house” and the first thing that crossed their minds was “Chupacabra”. It apparently has a cat-like head and a rat-like tail and is terrifying the neighborhood. “In the city...