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Worm Vomits Roots – Wait…Nope. That’s Its Hand
BEFORE you press play on that video (we’re sure some of you just went for it anyway) put down whatever it is you’re eating. This is a ribbon worm called a Gorgonorhynchus. When it senses nearby prey it launches what looks like a root out...
After Things: Table of Defeat
Weird Sounds Recorded in the Sky by Grad Student
On August 9th of 2014 graduate student Daniel Bowman sent infrasound microphones into the 19 miles into the sky above Earth just out of reach of planes but well below actually being in space. For 9 hours and for over 400 miles the...
Podcast: I’m Not Upset
After Things: Follow What You Love
Meet “Han” the Ultra-Realistic-Looking Robot Bust… And a reminder that we’re all doomed.
Hanson Robotics (no the “MmmBop” band hasn’t regrouped and out to destroy us with robots blaring their only memorable song as retribution) has been hard at work creating our future robot overlords in the form of…um…us. Recently on display...
Podcast: Flakka Flakka Flakka
After Things: Watched Projects Never Boil
Podcast: Star Wars Things
After Things: Basic Skills
Russian Man Volunteers for First – Probably Last – Head Transplant by Controverisal Neuroscientist
Ripped right out of hundreds of science fiction, comic book and horror stories comes news that a Russian man has decided to be a medical guinea pig or possibly a pioneer…. By having his head removed and attached to another body. Suffering...
Podcast: We Want To Know
After Things: The Excuse Store
Podcast: Rotan Hotep Hoedown
After Things: Cross-fat
Podcast: Tubular
Amazing Kreskin Opens Supernatural Dating Site – Predicts It Will Take Dating to a New Dimension
In a move only he could’ve seen coming…you know….because he’s who he is…the Amazing Kreskin has opened the gates on a new dating site… A site for “enthusiasts of the paranormal, the unexplained, the mystical, the implausible…” While we’re...
Experience the McGurk Effect: Like Weird Magic
The McGurk effect is something that you’ll just have to hit play on the video above to experience. It’s like some weird magic trick and the secret is that your brain, eyes and ears have to work together to make things understandable. But...