Ball lightning is in your mind's eye: real-world transcranial magnetic stimulation, to be exact. [Tech Review via JWZ]
Explained: Ball lightning, fairies, aliens, glitches in the matrix
Blood-red rain fell on India for two months and some physicists blamed a comet
From July to September 2001, heavy downpours of red-colored rain fell across the southern Indian state of Kerala, staining clothes pink. Yellow, green, and black rain also appeared. Each milliliter… READ THE REST
A cat-borne fungus infected 11,000 people; the US is next, CDC says
Sporothrix brasiliensis is a fungus that gives cats oozing skin ulcers, can spread through their whole body, and jumps to the people around them. Since it emerged in Brazil in… READ THE REST
Mysterious glowing balls rise from the Mekong every year
Every year around the end of the Buddhist Lent, crowds gather along the Mekong River to watch the Naga fireballs — glowing balls that, according to Wikipedia, "are alleged to… READ THE REST
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Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: For just $21.97 (reg. $49.99), you can get a portable charging tool that fits right… READ THE REST
Deal Days knocks this HP EliteBook workhorse down to $275
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: The certified refurbished HP EliteBook 840 G8 packs a Core i5 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and… READ THE REST
Learn 14 languages from 100+ linguists while this Deal Days Babbel offer is still valid
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