by Editor | Dec 20, 2023 | Mirth, Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal That Scannable Spotify Tattoo Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time It’s becoming popular to get inked with a barcode so you can flash your flesh to turn on music. But the codes can stop working as skin sags and ink fades. By Megan Graham...
by Editor | Dec 13, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Washington Post The massive meteor shower that convinced people the world was ending By Dave Kindy Leonid meteor shower over rural town in 1833. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) This week’s Geminid meteor shower is expected to be one of the most...
by Editor | Dec 10, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Daily Mail New study suggests having a pet cat increases the risk of schizophrenia – experts say it could be due to toxic parasites that pets carry By CAITLIN TILLEY Could owning a cat double your risk of schizophrenia? That’s the conclusion of a...
by Editor | Dec 9, 2023 | Weirdness
from InsideHook The $2 Million Conundrum of “The Wolf of Wall Street” Lamborghinis One is wrecked, the other is still drivable, but separate auction companies have valued them at the exact same price BY ALEX LAUER What makes a collector car valuable? The scarcity of...
by Editor | Nov 17, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal The Devices That Will Read Your Brain—and Enhance It In the not-so-distant future, wearable computers will read brain waves and offer suggestions in real time to improve performance in everyday activities By Daniela Hernandez PHOTO...
by Editor | Nov 14, 2023 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from The Atlantic SPHERE AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS My night in front of the world’s largest LED screen By Charlie Warzel The moment I first laid eyes on the Sphere, from a cramped window seat on approach over the Las Vegas Strip, my airplane precipitously plunged what...
