Yesterday, Oxford University mathematician Roger Penrose was awarded a Nobel Prize for proving that black holes could exist. In the December 16, 2018 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Penrose… Read the rest of the article: When newly-minted Nobel Prize winner Roger Penrose riffed on very weird physics with Joe Rogan (2018)
Unfortunately there's no well in the cellar, but this Princess Anne Victorian in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania is an idyllic place for it to rub the lotion on its skin. The house… Read the rest of the article: Buffalo Bill's home from Silence of the Lambs is up for sale
Maci Currin, 17, of Cedar Park, Texas, has been certified by Guinness World Records as having the longest legs on a woman and the longest legs on a teenager. One… Read the rest of the article: This Texas teen has the world's longest legs on a female
US shark researchers tagged the largest great white shark they've ever encountered in the northwest Atlantic. The shark, named Nukumi after the Mi'kmaq word for "grandmother," is more than 16… Read the rest of the article: Massive "grandmother" great white shark tagged in northwest Atlantic
As progress continues on the hardware behind bionic prosthetics, the need for robust and safe control systems increases. The challenge is that the researchers working on these systems often are… Read the rest of the article: Bionic leg goes open source
UK lexicographer and etymologist Susie Dent, known for her regular appearances on the Channel 4 game show Countdown, has a new book just out, titled Word Perfect. Unfortunately, Dent, the… Read the rest of the article: Famed lexicographer's new book "Word Perfect" released with a ton of typos
The White House Gift Shop—which is not associated with the actual White House or the US federal government—is accepting pre-orders for their "Trump Defeats COVID" commemorative coin. This is the… Read the rest of the article: "White House Gift Shop" announces "Trump Defeats COVID" commemorative coin
Gay men have taken over the #proudboys hashtag on Twitter. Pure genius. From CNN: Matt Dechaine, one of the men who pitched in with photos of himself and his husband… Read the rest of the article: Gay men took over #proudboys on Twitter
Nature photographer Peter Maier captured this magnificent time-lapse video of a downburst over Lake Millstatt in Carinthia, Austria. Maier called it a "Tsunami from Heaven." (Posted by Tamsin_Bailey in the Boing… Read the rest of the article: "Tsunami from Heaven," astounding time-lapse video of a cloudburst
Seattle's iconic Roq La Rue art gallery is holding a Halloween Online Costume Contest. Get freaky! There are cash prizes and the esteemed panel of judges include artists artists Mark Ryden… Read the rest of the article: Enter Roq La Rue's Halloween Online Costume Contest!
Last week, Rafael Pérez Evans, an MFA candidate at London's esteemed Goldsmiths University, hired a truck to dump 32 tons of carrots outside the school. Some people thought it was… Read the rest of the article: Art student dumped 32 tons of carrots outside university. It was art.
"Missed Connections: 'Was that your limb? – w4m'" is a wonderful animated short by Patrick Dias with narration taken from a purportedly real Craigslist Missed Connections posting but recontextualized into… Read the rest of the article: Watch: "Missed Connections: 'Was that your limb? – w4m'"
My friends in the music industry have produced another fantastic compilation of previously unreleased recordings by the likes of Pearl Jam, David Byrne, Yoko Ono, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sturgill Simpson,… Read the rest of the article: More "Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy"
On April 11, 1969, the BBC aired "The Violent Universe," a science documentary starring the great Carl Sagan, then 34 years old. This was three months before the first moon… Read the rest of the article: Watch a young Carl Sagan's first TV documentary, "The Violent Universe" (1969)
How would a Joe Biden win impact climate change, space exploration, COVID-19, scientific research priorities, and international research collaborations? For the prestigious journal Nature's news site, science journalists unpack what… Read the rest of the article: Where does Biden stand on the science issues of our time
Legendary mashup pioneers The Hood Internet delivers the 1980s (actually 1979-1989). From their Soundcloud: We took fifty songs from each calendar year and distilled them into something new, then altered… Read the rest of the article: Fantastic 500-song mashed-up megamix of 1980s pop jams
This arborist goes for quite a ride after trimming the top of a palm tree reportedly in San Bernardino, California. (via Yahoo! News) As you can see in the older… Read the rest of the article: Arborist takes a wild ride trimming 100-foot palm tree
In August, Microsoft released its new Flight Simulator 2020 that uses satellite and fly-by imager to amp up the hyperreality of the experience. Now, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 players are… Read the rest of the article: Massive and weird chasm visible in the new Microsoft Flight Simulator
Shortly before 1am EDT, President Donald Trump tweeted that he and Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. "Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19," Trump tweeted. "We will… Read the rest of the article: Donald Trump tweeted that he has COVID-19, Melania too
Early this morning, a majestic meteor flashed brightly across the Pennsylvania and Ohio sky with over 700 sightings reported from 15 states. From KDKA-TV: [Cleveland State University astronomer Jay] Reynolds… Read the rest of the article: Video of the spectacular meteor seen from 15 states this morning
