by | Mar 4, 2014 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from The Guardian How computer-generated fake papers are flooding academia More and more academic papers that are essentially gobbledegook are being written by computer programs – and accepted at conferences ‘I’ve written five PhDs on Heidegger just this...
by | Mar 2, 2014 | Weirdness
from The Guardian Wild beavers seen in England for first time in centuries Footage of a family of beavers filmed in a Devon river is believed to be the first sighting of its kind in up to 500 years by Jessica Aldred Two beavers were caught on camera playing at night...
by | Feb 19, 2014 | Weirdness
by | Feb 17, 2014 | Weirdness
from CBS DC New Technology Allows For TV Ads to Target Specific Individuals, Families WASHINGTON — The days when political campaigns would try to make inroads with demographic groups such as soccer moms or white working-class voters are gone. Now, the operatives are...
by | Feb 8, 2014 | Weirdness
from Associated Press CLINT EASTWOOD SAVES GOLF DIRECTOR FROM CHOKING BY DOUG FERGUSON PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Clint Eastwood added another starring role at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am – life saver. Eastwood attended a volunteer party on...
by | Feb 7, 2014 | Weirdness
from CBS Connecticut Police Commissioner Resigns After State Lawmaker Kills Several Ducks NASHUA, N.H. (CBS Hartford) – A police commissioner resigned from his position after he assisted a New Hampshire state representative who ran over and killed several ducks in...