by | Jan 2, 2017 | Weirdness
from The New Zealand Herald Why swimming in the sea is good for you by Sergio Diez Alvarez Ocean swimming and the associated salty environment have been shown to ease the symptoms of hay fever. If you live near the sea, make frequent trips to the beach, or are...
by | Jan 1, 2017 | Weirdness
from Phys.org The caves that prove Neanderthals were cannibals Reconstruction of Neanderthal man. Credit: public domain Deep in the caves of Goyet in Belgium researchers have found the grisly evidence that the Neanderthals did not just feast on horses or reindeer, but...
by | Dec 28, 2016 | Weirdness
from TASS Hollywood star Mickey Rourke may hold boxing bout in Russia next year © Valery Sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. World’s famous Hollywood star Mickey Rourke might again return to boxing February or March next year as he ponders of holding a bout...
by | Dec 27, 2016 | Weirdness
from NBC News The Next Frontier: Space Miners Are the Universe’s Future Tycoons byDYLAN LOVE The next gold rush will be intergalactic. In 2009, a collection of astronauts, academics, and aerospace industrialists convened to review NASA’s present and future...
by | Dec 21, 2016 | Weirdness
from Ars Technica Finding North America’s lost medieval city Cahokia was bigger than Paris—then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why. ANNALEE NEWITZ Artist’s recreation of downtown Cahokia, with Monk’s Mound at its center. A thousand...
by | Dec 20, 2016 | Weirdness
from New Scientist Oldest early human footprints suggest males had several ‘wives’ By Colin Barras Raffaello Pellizzon Three has become five. Laetoli in northern Tanzania is the site of iconic ancient footprints, capturing the moment – 3.66 million years ago – when...
