Sasquatch is a new three-part documentary series investigating a series of strange murders Northern California's infamous "Emerald Triangle" where cannabis farming is serious business and people mysteriously vanish with unsettling… Read the rest of the article: New Hulu series about cannabis, murder… and Bigfoot
A second 'floating ship' has been spotted! Remember to always stop, check, question before deciding whether something that you see online is real! ✋🤔🕵️♀️👍 @guardianhave explained how a superior mirage… Read the rest of the article: Astonishing photos of huge ships mysteriously floating in the air above UK seas
Acoustic cryptanalysis the kind of security attack made possible by analyzing the sounds of a computer or other device, like reconstructing printouts from the noise of print heads or determining… Read the rest of the article: Phone app can figure out the shape of your house key by listening to you use it
This 1997 pitch for Rockwell Automation's Retroencabulator makes me feel like an idiot for not already owning one. The technology improves upon a 1944 machine called the turboencabulator: The original… Read the rest of the article: Watch the incredible sales video for Rockwell Automation's Retroencabulator
NASA released a collection of audio clips above that were recorded by the Mars Perseverance rover as it tooled around the Red Planet last week. Actually, it traveled about 90… Read the rest of the article: Listen to what it sounds like to drive on Mars
For the eight days of Passover, many observant Jews avoid chametz, food with leavening agents like bread. This year, my friends at the the Jewish arts and culture nonprofit Reboot… Read the rest of the article: Plastover: celebrate Passover by giving up single-use plastic
Chasse à la glu is an old French hunting method in which the hunters coat branches in sticky lime to trap live birds. Above, a 16th engraving titled Chasse de la… Read the rest of the article: EU court bans French hunters from gluing birds to trees
"We can use data analysis and technology tools to give non-humans a lot more choice and control," the former Genesis frontman, dressed in his signature Nehru-style collar shirt and loose,… Read the rest of the article: Watch a bonobo and Peter Gabriel make music together
A judge sentenced Crestview, Florida man Aaron Barnes-Burpo, 29, to seven years in prison for pretending to be part of the Wu-Tang Clan and scamming hotels for free services. From… Read the rest of the article: Florida man poses as Wu-Tang Clan member to scam fancy hotels out of $300k in free services
Finally, a story of a real fraudulent election! In Pensacola, Florida, Bellview Elementary School assistant principal Laura Rose Carroll, 50, and her 17-year-old daughter were arrested for accessing the school… Read the rest of the article: Florida school asst. principal and daughter charged with computer crimes to get the girl elected homecoming queen
What if your pants could help you up the stairs? What if you could grow a building from a seed? What if a swimming pool could power the entire planet?… Read the rest of the article: "What if you could grow a building from a seed?" Watch this animation about X, the moonshot factory
People are selling empty Moderna vaccine bottles on eBay. Current "Buy it Now" prices range from $22 to $75. One bottle sold there for $282 at auction but that was… Read the rest of the article: People are selling Moderna COVID-19 vaccine bottles on eBay. They're empty though.
According to the Delton, Wisconsin fire department, a home fire last week was sparked by a crystal ball on a table in the living room. As none of the residents… Read the rest of the article: A crystal ball started this home fire
In the early 2000s, lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower, an editor at the Oxford English Dictionary, managed an internal side project to create an online Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction that would,… Read the rest of the article: New life for the free Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
The real star of the 1980 Police Academy films was Michael Winslow aka "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects." (See below.) Sound imitation is truly his life's work and there… Read the rest of the article: Incredible sound imitator Michael Winslow (Police Academy) performs Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"
Zoom Escaper, created by Sam Lavigne, is a digital tool for self-sabotaging your audio during Zoom calls "making your presence unbearable to others." Some of the audio effects you can… Read the rest of the article: How to escape Zooms with this funny tool for self-sabotaging your audio
Scientists have found a 70 million year-old fossilized dinosaur sitting on a nest of its eggs that contain fossilized embryos. "Dinosaurs preserved on their nests are rare, and so are… Read the rest of the article: Scientists found a fossilized dinosaur sitting on eggs containing fossilized embryos
In Gaylord, Michigan, the Iron Pig Smokehouse—a restaurant/bar that had its liquor license suspended last year for violating COVID-19 restrictions—is hosting a St. Patrick's Day bash. To be fair, Iron… Read the rest of the article: Bar throw St. Patrick's Day party with "Kiss me, I'm contagious" t-shirts
Veteran school bus driver and video creator Clawboss explains the ominous but reassuring reason that yellow school buses have those black stripes on the sides.
BT (formerly British Telecom) is offering £1 leases on 4,000 of their iconic telephone booths all over the UK. Communities can take over the red box real estate as part… Read the rest of the article: Take over a UK telephone booth for £1
