by | Feb 7, 2017 | Weirdness
from WIRED THE MIND-BENDING PHYSICS OF A TENNIS BALL’S SPIN by NICK STOCKTON GETTY IMAGES TENNIS HAS BEEN called the game of inches, of kings, of poets, of love, of errors, of endurance, of a lifetime. But those are mostly metaphors. Really, tennis is the game of...
by | Feb 6, 2017 | Weirdness
from CNBC Billionaire closer to mining the moon for trillions of dollars in riches Lori Ioannou Moon Express, the first private company in history to receive government permission to travel beyond Earth’s orbit, announced Tuesday that it raised another $20...
by | Feb 5, 2017 | Weirdness
by | Feb 4, 2017 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from BBC News Dogs ‘prefer reggae and soft rock’ to other music genres, research suggests Dogs appear to prefer reggae and soft rock over other genres of music, according to researchers. The Scottish SPCA and the University of Glasgow have published a...
by | Feb 3, 2017 | Weirdness
from New Scientist Essence of reality: Hunting the universe’s most basic ingredient Drill down past molecules, atoms, and fundamental particles and where do you end up? We might finally be about to find out By Anil Ananthaswamy Harriet Lee-Merrion STRETCH out your...