Who knows how long this 46-year-old Polish gentleman had been throwing chairs, potted plants, and tables over a fence before another cafe customer began filming him? The burly chap appeared proud to demonstrate his strength and hurling skills as he strutted around the patio, selecting unoccupied furniture to launch over the fence. — Read the rest

As NASA gets serious about building bases on the Moon and eventually sending humans to Mars and beyond, it becomes increasingly important to understand how offworld agriculture might work. Now, University of Florida biologists have grown plants in lunar soil for the first time ever. — Read the rest

On Monday, April 25, Russian authorities announced that they had stopped an assassination attempt by a group of six Ukrainian Neo-Nazis who had allegedly been planning to kill Vladimir Solovyov, who is basically the Sean Hannity of Russian news. FSB agents claimed to have recovered evidence from the home of the would-be killers, including "an improvised explosive device, eight improvised incendiary devices of the Molotov cocktail type, six PM pistols, a sawn-off hunting rifle, an RGD-5 grenade, more than a thousand cartridges of various calibers, drugs, fake Ukrainian passports" and "nationalist literature and paraphernalia." — Read the rest

Three years after the horrible fire that burned the 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, archaeologists report the discovery of a human-shaped lead sarcophagus and other tombs deep underneath the flooring. According to French National Archeological Institute archeologist Christophe Besnier, the sarcophagus may be from the 14th century but they will know much more when they soon open it up. — Read the rest

The past two years have brought us new hobbies we never thought we'd sink our teeth into. Some of us became bakers, others podcasters, and some people created truly innovative and useful technology for all ages.

For those of us who decided to take a greener path, our recent ventures have become a bit leafy. — Read the rest

Blake Bargatze (25) from Georgia didn't want to get a vaccine. His mother told WXAI, "He wanted to wait until it was out like 10 years or so, kind of like a lot of the population wants it to be out longer." — Read the rest

A West Midlands Police drone in England spotted a building roof throwing off infrared and people furtively coming and going from the building at all hours: the sure signs of an illegal weed farm. They raided it only to find a bitcoin mine. — Read the rest

Donald Trumps's former economic adviser and now Fox News host Larry Kudlow warns us that President Biden's environmental plan will lead to us all guzzling, um, plant-based beer:

Speaking of stupid. America has to, get this, America has to stop eating meat, stop eating poultry and fish, seafood, eggs, dairy and animal-based fats.

Now that everyone is starting to emerge back out into the world again, this might be the first time you're really checking out the current state of your home gardening and landscaping in a while. 

If your snap reaction is… not so great, this might be a good time to roll up your sleeves, tool up, and get to work out there. — Read the rest

The garden is enjoying the high 60s to mid-70s we're experiencing in Southern California, and my tomatoes have taken off. My dog Pretzel knows she'll soon be unable to see over the growing vines, and is disappointed these tomatoes aren't tasty treats to her like the strawberries. — Read the rest

A decade later, the circus of absurdity that is the internet has turned a tweet about a city statue honoring RoboCop into a reality.

"Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky & Robocop would kick Rocky's butt,"@MT tweeted back in 2011 (since deleted).

Photographer William Arnold got intrigued by the botanical life while on walks during his lunch breaks in Truro, Cornwall. He began gathering plants and making images of them using the Victorian-era technique of silver gelatin printing.

The result is his latest book, Suburban Herbarium — a stunning series of ghostly, mesmerizing, monochrome photos of plants. — Read the rest

There are many such stories posted every Halloween, but this year I'll be picking on ABC 7 today for pliantly running the annual fake news, sourced to local cops, warning of drugs and razor blades being fed to children out Trick or Treating. — Read the rest

Twitter user Sean Kelly AKA StorySlug shared an insightful Twitter thread about the Dark Knight after the release of the new trailer for The Batman.

Scientists say that traces of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material — viral RNA — in the poo we flush down the toilet and into the sewage system might reveal how badly coronavirus has hit a given community.

Analyzing sewage could show the true scale of an outbreak, in the absence of available testing, they say.

In Germany, a court sentenced a 31-year-old Tunisian man to 10 years in prison for planning a biological bomb attack with the deadly poison ricin, which is isolated from the seeds of the castor bean plant.

He is said to have ordered the beans online. — Read the rest

Earlier this month, the United States Copyright Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization co-sponsored a symposium titled Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.  The purpose of the symposium was to examine "how the creative community currently is using artificial intelligence (AI) to create original works," and "what level of human input is sufficient for the resulting work to be eligible for copyright protection," among other topics. — Read the rest

First discovered in 1700 by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the microscopic spheres in this video are Volvox, a genus of chlorophyte green algae. If you enjoy this video, its creator Shigeru Gougi posts absolutely astounding microscopy images on his Flickr stream. — Read the rest

From the bail hearings of three men arrested on gun charges, whom police claim were members of the white nationalist group The Base: the men planned on using the gun rally in Virginia to start a civil war by gunning down their fellow pro-gun demonstrators, and they discussed murdering police officers in order to obtain arms and tactical equipment.

In California, we're looking at power outages in the North and South as the only way to avoid massive wildfires.  Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, there's a new power plant "embodying the notion of hedonistic sustainability."

Known both as Amager Bakke and Copenhill, the site is a waste to energy plant designed to convert enough tons of waste to provide clean energy for 150,000 homes. — Read the rest