by | Jan 17, 2015 | Literary News, Weirdness
from The LA Times Bulldoze first, apologize later: a true L.A. landmark by Christopher Hawthorne Architect Thom Mayne, new owner of the late Ray Bradbury’s home, says he plans to build a wall on the property that will pay tribute to the writer. (Byron Espinoza) It was...
by | Jan 16, 2015 | Weirdness
from The Telegraph Being pestered by drones? Buy a drone-hunting drone Are paparazzi flying drones over your garden to snap you sunbathing? You may need the Rapere, the drone-hunting drone which uses ‘tangle-lines’ to quickly down its prey by Matthew...
by | Jan 14, 2015 | Weirdness
from The Washington Post 2 men reach top of Yosemite’s El Capitan in historic climb By Associated Press YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A pair of Americans on Wednesday completed what had long been considered the world’s most difficult rock climb, using only their...
by | Jan 7, 2015 | Weirdness
from The Daily Mail Mystery of the glowing orb: Bizarre fireball that splits in two could be a meteorite burning up in Earth’s atmosphere By RICHARD GRAY FOR MAILONLINE UFO hunters have claimed the bright orb may have been some sort of escape pod from a crashing...
by | Dec 28, 2014 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from The New Yorker The Age of Asteroids BY JONATHAN BLITZER A view of the asteroid Lutetia from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft. CREDITIMAGE FROM THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY Brian May, the longtime guitarist of the rock band Queen, is also an...
by | Dec 26, 2014 | Weirdness
from The AP MONKEY GIVES FIRST AID TO ELECTROCUTED FRIEND NEW DELHI (AP) — Onlookers at a train station in northern India watched in awe as a monkey came to the rescue of an injured friend – resuscitating another monkey that had been electrocuted and...
