by Editor | Jul 13, 2024 | Weirdness
from Metro An epidemic caused people to fall asleep for months – we still don’t know why by Katherine Fidler A ‘sleepy sickness’ patient (Picture: Wellcome Library) One hundred years ago, across the world, people were falling asleep uncontrollably. Not from a hard...
by Editor | Jul 9, 2024 | Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal A New Age of Materials Is Dawning, for Everything From Smartphones to Missiles Labor-intensive manufacturing has limited the use of lighter, stronger composites but that may change with emerging techniques By Christopher Mims There have...
by Editor | Jul 8, 2024 | Weirdness
from CNN Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean By Mindy Weisberger, CNN New research confirms the rotation of Earth’s inner core has been slowing down as part of a decades-long pattern. How this...
by Editor | Jul 6, 2024 | Weirdness
from The New York Post French ‘Excalibur’ sword vanishes after 1,300 years as the sword in the stone — literally By Patrick Reilly Roland holding the pass of Roncesvalles, where he was slain (during Charlemagne’s wars against the Saracens in Spain).Mary Evans via...
by Editor | Jun 29, 2024 | Weirdness
from Business Insider Robots keep getting creepier by Jaures Yip Researchers created a 3D facial mold and a 2D robot covered with lab-grown living skin. The University of Tokyo© The University of Tokyo It’s not just nuts and bolts keeping robots together — now...
by Editor | Jun 25, 2024 | Weirdness
from NPR China has just returned the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon by Geoff Brumfiel The Chang’e 6 capsule landed in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia on Tuesday. / CCTV Screenshot by NPR A Chinese probe has returned to Earth carrying the...
