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Has A Ghost Had Sex With You? You’re Not Alone! [WeirdThingsTV]
Podcast: You Will Die In Space
Microchip In Retina Gives Sight To Blinded
The beautiful dream of a bionic eye has come one step closer to mainstream reality when three blind patient regained sight after having a microchip implanted in their retina. This method is revolutionary as it doesn’t rely on a camera to...
Behold the Amazing Mimic Octopus
This awesome octopus is known to mimic at least 15 known creatures; my personal favorite is the “furry turkey with human legs”. Check out the video. [Geekologie] [UPDATE] Credit due to EbonNebula for pointing this out 4 months ago. Thanks!
Cockiest Supercomputer In The World Pwns A Human [WeirdThingsTV]
Calculate Asteroid Impacts! Understand Your Impending Death From Above!
Curious as to how ruined our planet would be if Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck fail to push that massive asteroid off course? Worry no more! There’s a web app for that. [Purdue via Reason]
Ozzy Osbourne Redefines Genome Science
When legendary horse Secretariat died, the veterinary doctors performing the necropsy made a startling realization. There was a reason Big Red destroyed other horses en route to the most convincing Triple Crown win of all time, his heart...
Air Force Researching Mind Warfare
The human mind has no firewalls. Recently the 711th Human Performance Wing requested proposals examining “Advances in Bioscience for Airmen Performance” for advancing the deployment of extreme neuroscience and biotechnology warfare in the...
Record Breaking Florida Gator
Anybody up for waterskiing this weekend? [Orlando Sentinel]
Would You Go On A One-Way Trip To Space? [WeirdThingsTV]
Scientists Learn How To Erase Memory
Researchers have discovered that they can permanently delete traumatic memories simply by removing a protein from the region of the brain responsible for recalling fear. The research focused on the nerve circuits in the amygdala where they...
The Virus That Will Turn Us All Into The Walking Dead Zombies! [WeirdThingsTV]
And Now: A Charred Bison Being Chased By A Hungry Bear
No words. [KRTV]
Fruit Eating Kangaroo-Like Chupacabra Haunting Wisconsin
Residents in southeastern Wisconsin have recently been reporting sightings of a nocturnal creature invading their back yards. This photo was snapped by a woman as the creature sat in her back yard on its hind legs eating crab apples. The...
Man Sleepshoots Self
A Colorado man had a rude awakening when he kneecapped himself while sleeping. Sanford Rothman, who lives on Mineola Court in southeastern Boulder, told police he woke up to a “bang” and discovered he was shot in the left knee. He said he...
Great Apes Might Be As Smart As Humans
It looks like we’ve misunderstood how smart great apes. Is this the beginning of the end for us? Great apes might be much more similar to us — and just as smart — than science has led us to believe. A new study will examine the extent to...
Podcast: Room 717
Chatbot Fools Human Judge
Please introduce yourself to Skynet Suzette, the latest winner of the Loebner Prize. The Loebner Prize is a version of the Turing Test where a judge talks to both a computer and a human at the same time for a set interval and then chooses...
Airborne Rabies Would Create Zombie “Rage Virus”
According to the upcoming National Geographic documentary The Truth Behind Zombies, we may be a few mutations or lab experiments away from a full scale zombie apocalypse. If the rabies virus, which can cause violently mad behaviour, was...
100 lbs. Giant Piranha! HOLY CHRIST ON A CRACKER! [Picture Proof]
Jeremy Wade hosts a show on Animal Planet called River Monsters. He caught a goliath tiger fish that he nicknamed a Giant Piranha. [Seedorama]