Monthly Archive: June 2018

Evidence for the Tall White Aliens

Charles Hall is famous for his book series “Millennial Hospitality”. The author is actually an US air force personnel, and wrote the books to reveal his experiences with the Tall White Aliens, when he...

Swimmer dies after shark rips off his penis

Jose Ernestor da Silva was attacked early this month while bathing in waters off the Piedade beach near Recife, on Brazil’s north-east coast. The shark struck just as lifeguards stationed on the beach had...

Harnessing black holes for energy

The reasons why black holes are such powerful energy sources Not that it’s possible yet anyway, but there’s lots of reasons why visiting a black hole is a very bad idea, and your chances of survival...

Johnny Knoxville and his carrier injuries

The TV show Jackass was developed from Big Brother Magazine, a skateboarding-related humor magazine that Jeff Tremaine, Dave Carnie, Rick Kosick and Chris Pontius all worked for, and featured regular contributions from Johnny Knoxville and...

Crow funeral

Kaeli Swift, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington’s Avian Conservation Lab in Seattle, is studying how crows learn about danger from each other and how they respond to seeing one of their...

Some calories more harmful than others

While calories from any food have the potential to increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition researchers agree that sugar-sweetened beverages play a unique role in chronic health problems. The...

The Vietnam War in 13 minutes

The Vietnam War is the commonly used name for the Second Indochina War, 1954–1975. Usually it refers to the period when the United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)...

Puzzle cabinet

A mechanical/puzzle cabinet designed for a puzzle collector with several mechanically automated moving compartments opened by solving the appropriate puzzles. Decorated with Wisteria flower marquetry and inlayed stone butterflies. Inspired in part by the...