by Editor | Jun 25, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Guardian ‘A symbol of what humans shouldn’t be doing’: the new world of octopus farming Plans for the world’s first commercial octopus farm are well advanced – just as science discovers more about this curious, intelligent and affectionate animal. Can it be...
by Editor | Jun 17, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Guardian Ready for your crapsule? Faecal transplants could play a huge role in future medicine An effective treatment for a whole raft of diseases, from irritable bowel syndrome to arthritis and even Alzheimer’s, comes from the most unlikely of sources –...
by Editor | Jun 10, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal A Pokémon-Card Crime Spree Jolts Japan The birthplace of Pokémon battles a frenzy for characters such as Squirtle the turtle By Miho Inada In the wee hours, thieves hacked through the shutters of CowCow Luca, Hosaka’s store. PHOTO: COWCOW...
by Editor | Jun 3, 2023 | Literary News, Weirdness
from The New York Times Don’t Kill ‘Frankenstein’ With Real Frankensteins at Large by Maureen Dowd By the time I took off my mortarboard two weeks ago, my degree in English literature was de trop. Instead of a Master of Arts, I should have gotten a Master of...
by Editor | May 27, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Atlantic Hawaii’s Feral Chickens Are Out of Control Polynesians brought chickens’ wild ancestors to the islands. Europeans brought domestic chickens. Now they’ve mixed, and are everywhere. By Tove Danovich Cory Lum / NYT / Redux On the island of Kauai,...
by Editor | May 23, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Daily Mail Huge swathes of Mexico are blanketed in dust as Popocatépetl volcano continues to spew ash and dust, with 3M ordered to prepare for evacuation By STEPHEN M. LEPORE Around three million people have been ordered to evacuate as huge swathes...
