Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2019

Published This is a roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:


  • Are treehoppers the world's weirdest insects? National Geographic.
  • Did you know these discoveries were made by women, not men? MSN.
  • Ohh, where dinosaurs used to roam: NASA via MSN.
  • Are dinosaurs still alive today? AMNH.
  • NASA launched the first spacecraft built to carry humans: NASA.



 * Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.

Monday, February 25, 2019

Published Feb 25, 2019
This is a roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:

The Bramble Cay melomys.
Source: Ian Bell/Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection


  • Man-made climate changes causes first mammal extinction: Bloomberg.
  • The universe truly is infinite - 300,000 new galaxies discovered: Futurism.
  • New possible explanation for how the Stonehenge stones were move: Washington Post.
  • Extinct giant tortoise is not extinct after all: CNN Travel.


 * Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.

Monday, February 18, 2019

Published Feb 18, 2019
This is a roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:

Bart Sadowski/Shutterstock




 * Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.

Monday, February 11, 2019

Feb 11, 2019

This is a roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:


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  • What are the tallest animals on earth? Business Insider.
  • Have you ever wondered? 9 everyday things astronauts can't do in outer space: BusinessInsider.
  • What are the odds? Fan bets $250 on The Rams, wins $100,000: Huffington Post.
  • Amazing pics of 4 new species of the deep ocean: Gizmodo.
  • The US had a secret plan to blow up the moon???? TheNextWeb.

* Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

This is a roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:


  • This may be the oldest dress in the world: Mental Floss.
  • Cute: This 106-year old woman can dance better than me: Huffington Post.
  • What's the world's deadliest animal? Yahoo.
  • Huge meteor explodes over earth, but no one notices: Forbes.
  • Dodo birds were not dumb: UPI.


* Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

This is a roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:


  • No, that is not a monkey on Mars (VIDEO): MSN.
  • This "Sea Monster" is no monster at all: The Herald.
  • This teen has an idea for cleaning up the entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Inhabitant.
  • New YouTube video doesn't show Bigfoot, just a prankster in a suit: MSN.


* Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

This is roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:


  • No, the Ancient Greeks did NOT have laptops: Discovery News.
  • Pictures of mummified animals -the Egyptians believed animals were sacred so they mummified millions: BBC.
  • A trains station CAT (yes, a real feline) in England gets a job promotion: MSN.
  • Spider for the win (against a snake!): ABC News.


* Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016


This is roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:



  • Yeah, this is a very cool NATURAL formation, but not an actual "hand of God": BBC.
  • A sad case that may be getting some good news -this man with "tree man disease". Doctors are forming a medical board to assess the possibility of performing surgery and removing these painful and ostracizing warts: Global News.
  • You're familiar with fire drills, right? Well this zoo in Tokyo had a "animals escape" drill: AFP
  • Ohh, cool: Orangutans may one day play video games with zoo guests: Mental Floss.

* Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

This is roundup of interesting, cool, and weird* things reported in the past week:


  • Woman wakes up to find this exotic animal cuddling on her chest. She screams, it screams back. MSN.
  • Woman says she is a cat trapped in a human body. NY Daily News.
  • Did you hear about the "strange lights" in Canberra, Australia? Another UFO hoax revealed: Doubtful News.
  • Real glow-in-the-dark critters: National Geographic.
  • Could these shapes in Mars have been caused by Microbes? Scientists are wondering: MSN.


* Yes, weird stuff happens virtually all the time. Doesn't mean aliens/ghosts/conspiracy did it.