by | May 25, 2020 | Weirdness
from NPR They’re Back: Millions Of Cicadas Expected To Emerge This Year by Jason Slotkin In parts of Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, cicadas will climb out of the ground for their once-in-17-year mating cycle. Scientists have dubbed this...
by | May 24, 2020 | Weirdness
from Bloomberg via Yahoo! News NASA Should Beware of Viruses From Outer Space by Adam Minter (Bloomberg Opinion) — This summer, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will launch a rover designed to collect samples of the Martian surface and store...
by | May 23, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from StudyFinds Silver Lining: 2 In 5 Adults Have ‘Changed For The Better’ Thanks To Lockdown by Jacob Roshgadol LONDON — Many people have been using their extra time during the coronavirus lockdown wisely and have adopted new habits to keep themselves busy. In...
by | May 20, 2020 | Mirth, Weirdness
from The Verge A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas from DoorDash for $16 This is your brain on venture capital By Bijan Stephen Photo: DoorDash There are many things that don’t make sense about global capitalism that I enjoy anyway — the clearly...
by | May 16, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from CBS Dallas Born Into A Pandemic: Mother, Father Bring Identical Quadruplets Home Hudson, Harrison, Henry and Hardy were born at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on March 15, just one day before the mandatory stay-at-home and social distancing regulations...
by | May 15, 2020 | Weirdness
from The Daily Mail Green-tinged Comet Swan with an 11 million-mile-long tail flies past Earth on its way to the Sun – and you don’t need a telescope to see it By RYAN MORRISON The green-tinged ball of ice and dust visits the inner part of the solar system...