Giliam de Carpentier, a programmer at Guerrilla Games, built a 12-legged coffee table that walks liked a scuttling crab. It's called the Carpentopod, and its legs were evolved than directly… Read the rest of the article: Engineer creates living furniture: The table that walks to you
A Reddit post with a photo of an inscrutable road sign is causing a ruckus. The original poster said, "I'm sure 99% of drivers don't know what this sign means,"… Read the rest of the article: Drivers baffled by "cryptic" national speed limit sign
Rudy Giuliani thought he could cash in big by using every dirty trick he could think of to get his pal Donald back in the White House. Instead, it has… Read the rest of the article: Whining Giuliani schooled by official: "I know you're no longer a licensed attorney because you made false statements about the election, so allow me to clarify Michigan law for you."
Researchers built two robots that are controlled by king oyster mushrooms. "Through a series of experiments, the researchers showed it was possible to use the mushroom's electrophysiological activity as a… Read the rest of the article: Scientists create a robot controlled by living mushroom. See the fungus that learned to crawl
Asteroid CAQTDL2 will strike Earth's atmosphere on September 4, 2024 at 16:46 UTC (9:46 AM PDT). Discovered just eight hours ago by research technologist Jacqueline Fazekas at the Catalina Sky… Read the rest of the article: Asteroid alert: small space rock to crash into Earth's atmosphere in 30 minutes — September 4, 2024 at 16:46 UTC (9:46 AM PDT)
Podcaster Lex Fridman interviewed Donald Trump today. The 78-year-old criminal and adjudicated rapist seemed drained of energy, but had just enough gas in his reserve tank to whine about being… Read the rest of the article: Trump stumbles through conspiracy-laden Fridman interview
It took former Vice President Mike Pence years to finally join the rest of us in realizing that Trump is bad for America. After all, a president who incites a… Read the rest of the article: Pence says he won't vote for Trump, not because he wanted Pence hanged, but because Trump's not conservative enough
In the first issue of his newsletter, Victor Tao writes about his latest music visualizer, Song Pong: Lately I've been experimenting with music visualizers. One of my favorites is inspired… Read the rest of the article: Song Pong: Syncing Pong to Music with Math
Jaime A. Davidson, a convicted cop-killing drug kingpin whose life sentence was commuted by former President Donald Trump on his last day in office in 2021, was convicted of domestic… Read the rest of the article: Cop-killing drug kingpin freed by Trump jailed for choking wife
The brains of people who have Alzheimer's can't use glucose effectively. That's because a natural enzyme in the body called indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) becomes overactive and disrupts how the brain… Read the rest of the article: Alzheimer's breakthrough: Cancer drug wakes up sleepy brain cells in mice and human brain cells
Best use of AI voice cloning yet: Sir David Attenborough reveals the Cybertruck's parasitic nature and its lamprey-like attachment to flatbed trailers. From the transcript: Here we see the Cybertruck… Read the rest of the article: AI Sir David Attenborough: Cybertruck's lamprey-like dependency on flatbed trailers
In the Saudi Arabian desert, there's a 20-foot by 30-foot sandstone rock that's split cleanly down the middle. A parallel gap of only a couple of inches separates the two… Read the rest of the article: Laser-cut by giants? How did this massive rock in the Saudi Arabian desert get split so cleanly?
Two women aboard a flight from Guiyang to Shanghai on August 24 locked a crying toddler in the airplane's toilet, claiming they wanted to "educate her" after passengers got fed… Read the rest of the article: Passengers lock screaming toddler in airplane toilet to "educate" her
Recently, 7-Eleven in the United States announced it was bringing the famous $2 Japanese 7-Eleven egg salad sandwich to the United States. Fans of the creamy tamago sando were guardedly… Read the rest of the article: 7-Eleven is lying to you about the Japanese Egg Salad sandwich coming to America
A double room at Hotel Accela in Tokyo's Minamisenju neighborhood is just 5,200 yen (approximately US$36) a night. It features air conditioning, free Wifi, air conditioning, a large public bath,… Read the rest of the article: Japan's smallest hotel room: A cramped stay for two
A new poll from Florida Atlantic University Political Communication, Public Opinion Research Lab and Mainstreet Research USA shows Kamala Harris leading the septuagenarian felon and pussygrabber by 4 points. Most… Read the rest of the article: Trump's grip on independent voters plunges 8 points
In an open letter, over 200 Republicans who worked for the Bush, McCain, and Romney administration warned that "another four years of a Trump presidency would irreparably damage our beloved… Read the rest of the article: Over 200 ex-GOP officials warn of "irreparable damage" to democracy if Trump wins in 2024
Teflon was accidentally discovered in 1938 by DuPont chemists while they were trying to develop new refrigerants to replace dangerous, explosive ones used in the 1920s-30s. Rudy Molinek wrote a… Read the rest of the article: Teflon: Miracle invention or slow-acting poison? Why not both!
"Any consumers who buy organic food because they believe that it contains more healthful nutrients than conventional food are wasting their money." says Joseph D. Rosen, emeritus professor of food… Read the rest of the article: Organic food myths busted: Why you might be wasting money on "healthier" options
The World Bank has stopped all paid advertising on Xitter after its ads appeared alongside racist and pro-Nazi content, according to a CBS News investigation. The ad appeared in the… Read the rest of the article: Twitter loses World Bank ads over pro-Nazi content placement
