by Editor | Sep 13, 2024 | Mirth, Weirdness
from CNN Scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses receive Ig Nobel prize By Issy Ronald The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize on Thursday, some of...
by Editor | Sep 1, 2024 | Weirdness
from France 24 ‘Dark Oxygen’ in depths of Pacific Ocean prompts new theories on life’s origins Scientists have discovered that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean. These...
by Editor | Aug 31, 2024 | Weirdness
from WIRED AI’s Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet’s Hyper-Consumption Era Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water...
by Editor | Aug 30, 2024 | Weirdness
from Phys.org ‘A history of contact’: Geneticists are rewriting the narrative of Neanderthals and other ancient humans by Princeton University Detecting modern human–to-Neanderthal gene flow (H→N) and its consequences. Credit: Science (2024). DOI:...
by Editor | Aug 26, 2024 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic Young Men Have Invented a New Way to Defeat Themselves Rawdogging is a search for purity that cannot be achieved. By Ian Bogost Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. It was time to buckle up and face the void. I was going to “rawdog” this...
by Editor | Aug 6, 2024 | Weirdness
from Futurism MAJOR EARTH SYSTEMS ON TRACK FOR COLLAPSE, SCIENTISTS FIND THAT’S GONNA LEAVE A MARK. by SHARON ADARLO Imagine this dire scenario: the Atlantic Ocean’s sea currents which bring warm water to Europe collapses, making large swaths of the...
