by | Feb 9, 2017 | Los Angeles, Weirdness
from KCET Infernal Machines: The Bombing of the Los Angeles Times and L.A.’s First ‘Crime of the Century’ by Hadley Meares Bombed-out building of the Los Angeles Times at First Street and Broadway, 1910 | Security Pacific National Bank Collection,...
by | Feb 8, 2017 | Weirdness
from The Sun NOT SO FAR AWAY – Asteroid 2017 BS32 will zoom past Earth TONIGHT in fourth close shave of the year Scientists spotted space rock from ‘potentially hazardous’ Aten asteroid group on Monday BY MARGI MURPHY PA.PRESS ASSOCIATION SCIENTISTS...
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...