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The Legend of Old Hitler
Along the west coast of Florida, fisherman have been swapping stories for years about a monster hammerhead shark that goes by the name of “Old Hitler”. He is said to be between 20 and 25 feet long and lurks in the waters of the Gulf of...
Real Life Superhero Gets Nose Broken, Narrowly Avoids Death
The question of how the law should hand real life super heroes is a very interesting one. On one hand, they are mostly well-intentioned citizens who deter crime in a neighborhood. After all, if you were going to mug someone would you want...
And Now: A Terrifying Picture Of A Baby Cephalopod…
From PZ Meyer’s Pharyngula blog. Click through to see the full picture. This could, without alteration, be the cover of a metal album. [Pharyngula]
Pull over, that black hole is too fat
Weighing in at over 6 billion times the mass of our solar system, astronomers have found the most massive black hole yet at the center of galaxy M87. Three times large than Pluto’s orbit, it’s very, very big. Not to be outdone, chubby...
Who Wants To Hear About Leading Edge Bigfoot Research? Come To The Sasquatch Summit!
The greatest minds in Sasquatch research will gather in British Columbia this April to best asses where we are in the long hunt for the crypto creature and to honor those who have done significant work in the field to track down and...
Minecraft, Tron and the Singularity
One of the fascinating premises of movies like Tron and the Matrix is the idea of a computer powerful enough to simulate life itself. Although some process (like protein functions) are way beyond our current capabilities, replicating them...
We’ll make great pets: Why we shouldn’t fear our new alien overlords
So a new research paper has come out and told us what Hollywood has been telling us for years; if we meet aliens they’re most likely going to act like 16th century conquistadors and take our resources and annihilate us in the process....
Subway Surprise
Rise and shine! [Animal Planet]
Random Mass Bird Death Caused By New Fault Line?
Podcast: Dead, Angry Birds
Meet The Beetles: New Law Requires Full Disclosure On Use Of Beetles In Food
A very specific kind of beetle is used as an edible red dye. It has been used in foods you’ve eaten your entire life. Now, you’ll be required by law to be aware that you’re munching on the remains of a bug. [Live Science]
Space Fence In Action
This software looks amazing; watch as Space Fence monitors the skies. [Lockheed Martin via Gizmodo]
Contact Lenses That Project Images Onto Your Eyes
“Researchers at the University of Washington have been working on extremely tiny and semi-transparent LEDs designed to be integrated into contact lenses. So far, they’ve managed to create red pixels and blue pixels, and when they can...
The Man Who Took A Proton Beam To The Face And Lived
Meet Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski. He was a Russian scientist studying high energy physics when he accidentally stuck his face in the path of a proton beam being generated by a particle accelerator. Reportedly, he saw a flash “brighter than...
“Mummy” On Loose In Texas
“Harris County sheriff’s deputies recommended that homeowners who see the man dressed as a mummy in their yard call 911 immediately.” [KPRC via io9]
Argentina To Create UFO Commission
Argentina has decided to create an official UFO research group called “The Commission for the Research of Aerospatial Phenomena” which will include a multidisciplinary team of meteorologists, flight controllers, pilots, and radar...
Orange Alligator Spotted
That is all. [WWSB]
Mapping The Mass Deaths
Lately, it is hard keeping track of all the animal die-offs. Thankfully somebody has put together this handy map so that we all can play along at home.
Ghost Census Underway in Colombia
In the Colombian city of Medellin, a local undertaker has started a “ghost census” to count and catalog the spirits of the city. His team of four “properly attired” funeral parlor workers has spread out around the city in the past few...
Jamaican “Ninja Birds” Had Weaponized Wings
A flightless ibis (Xenicibis xympithecus) that lived on Jamaica until about 10,000 years ago had wings that evolved into weapons. It would use its club-like wings to beat predators and perhaps other ibis in defense of its territory and...