by | Dec 26, 2017 | Weirdness
from The New York Times The Hard Truth About the West’s Wild Horse Problem By CHRIS STEWART Lesley Barnes We have a wild horse problem — and it’s having a devastating impact on these majestic animals that so many of us love. I grew up on a farm in Idaho. No one has to...
by | Dec 23, 2017 | Weirdness
from Science Alert A Mysterious Blob of Hot Rock Is Building Up Under America’s Northeast Something is rising from the depths. by PETER DOCKRILL Hot rock in the mantle rising toward the surface (Vadim Levin/Rutgers University-New Brunswick A vast mass of hot...
by | Dec 20, 2017 | Weirdness
from CBS News Earth’s mysterious hum recorded underwater for 1st time By MINDY WEISBERGER This photo from NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth in “Blue Marble” view. NASA/NOAA Far from the blaring cacophony of...
by | Dec 18, 2017 | Weirdness
from McClatchy Here’s how to shut down the internet: Snip undersea fiber-optic cables BY TIM JOHNSON A crewman pulls on undersea cable that will be laid in the Caribbean in this 2001 photo from the Port of Miami. The crewman stands in a cable well holding 120 miles of...
by | Dec 17, 2017 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic Astronomers to Check Mysterious Interstellar Object for Signs of Technology Russian billionaire Yuri Milner says if the space rock ‘Oumuamua is giving off radio signals, his team will be able to detect them—and they may get the results within...
by | Dec 15, 2017 | Weirdness
from Reuters via Yahoo! News Are Earthlings alone? Half of humans believe in alien life AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Nearly half of humans believe in alien life and want to make contact, a survey in 24 countries has found, in what researchers said helps to explain the...
