by | Aug 17, 2022 | Weirdness
from Nautilus How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything The key to understanding the origin and fate of the universe may be a more complete understanding of the vacuum. by CHARLIE WOOD Millennia ago, Aristotle asserted that nature abhors a vacuum, reasoning that...
by | Aug 1, 2022 | Weirdness
from The U.S. Sun HONEY I SHRUNK THE DAY Earth records ‘shortest day EVER’ after scientists reveal planet ‘spinning faster’ by Sean Keach EARTH has recorded its shortest day since records began – but did you even notice? A faster spin meant that Earth’s usual...
by | Jul 27, 2022 | Weirdness
from CNN The Choco Taco is gone for good By Danielle Wiener-Bronner Pour one out for Choco Taco. The beloved Klondike product, packaged ice cream in a taco-shaped cone, has been discontinued. “Over the past 2 years, we have experienced an...
by | Jul 25, 2022 | Weirdness
from CNN Chess-playing robot breaks boy’s finger at Moscow tournament By Masha Angelova and Mitchell McCluskey A chess-playing robot broke a boy’s finger during a match in Russia last week, the president of the Moscow Chess Federation told state news...
by | Jul 19, 2022 | Weirdness
from VICE The Long, Strange Relationship Between Psychedelics and Telepathy It’s impossible to tell the story of psychedelics without telepathy. How will these experiences fit into psychedelics’ mainstream, medical future? By Shayla Love GEORGEPETERS FOR GETTY...
by | Jul 18, 2022 | Weirdness
from WIRED The Brain Has a ‘Low-Power Mode’ That Blunts Our Senses Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details. by ALLISON WHITTEN When food has been in short supply for a...
