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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

DNA reveals Neanderthal extinction clues

Neanderthals were already on the verge of extinction in Europe by the time modern humans arrived on the scene.
— BBC News

3 doomsaying experts who foresee economic devastation ahead

Behind the mainstream Wall Street happy talk about more stable financial markets and an improving economy are grim warnings of tough times ahead.
— USA Today

Asteroids face constant barrage of high-speed impacts

Findings revealed by first dust samples returned to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa probe.
— Space.com

Earliest Artificial Eye

The world's earliest prosthetic eye was worn by an ancient Persian priestess.
— Quigley's Cabinet

What really destroyed the Maya civilization?

One of the biggest debates in archaeology is what destroyed the extensive, highly-advanced Maya civilization 1,000 years ago.
— io9.com

Monday, February 27, 2012

The Moss Man Cometh

Examining the bizarre creature said to lurk in the Florida Everglades during the late 1970's.
— Mysterious Universe

8 Things To Do If You See a Ghost

Stephen Wagner shares tips for people who encounter an apparition.
— About.com

What If Humans Had Eagle Vision?

Extreme magnification and intense color perceptions are just two of the bird's visual abilities.
— LiveScience

Eavesdropping on the squid world

New research sheds light on the mysterious communications of cephalopods.
— BBC News

At the Monroe Institute, a spiritual experience could just be a beat away

An in-depth look at the legendary center for esoteric research.
— Washington Post

Sunday, February 26, 2012

A wild online ride hits the digital privacy wall

A look at the bizarre story of 'Kim Dotcom,' founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload.
— PhysOrg.com

Witty Gravestones

A survey of some of the more clever 'last words' left behind over the years.
— Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

Wearable Electronics Are Making a Statement

Jackets which display videos and handbags with GPS are amongst the emerging fashion trends.
— NY Times

Mystery virus kills thousands of lambs

British farmers and scientists are struggling to halt spread of baffling disease afflicting livestock.
— The Telegraph

No explanation for mysterious 'lake music' reported by many Yellowstone visitors

Enigmatic sounds have a long, but underreported, history in the region.
— Yellowstone Gate

 

Saturday, February 25, 2012

New Net Rates the Force Behind Monster Slam Dunks

Saturday's NBA Slam Dunk Contest to feature MIT-designed net which calculates "slam force G's."
— Wired

Small Town Gets Court to Ban Fracking

Controversial alternative energy system now barred in Dryden, New York.
— Discovery News

Study: We're getting less friendly on Facebook

New research reveals some surprising trends in social networking behavior.
— Associated Press

Why Japan Probably Won't Have a Space Elevator by 2050

Examining the difficulties in creating a nanotube-based space elevator project.
— io9.com

Japanese Mystery Cats- Revisiting the Yamapikarya

A look at Japan's Iriomote Island and the mysterious creatures said to lurk there.
— Cryptomundo

Friday, February 24, 2012

Is This The Best Photo Of Bigfoot Ever?

It wasn’t until recently that the Sasquatch community caught wind that blogger Melissa Hovy could be holding the ultimate photo depicting the big guy.
— GhostTheory.com

Shrinking Sky! Cloud Tops Dropping Closer to Earth

If observations show that clouds are truly getting lower, it could have an important effect on global climate change.
— LiveScience

A Tiny Horse That Got Even Tinier as the Planet Heated Up

56 million years ago, the first horse, Sifrhippus, shrank from about 12 pounds average weight to about eight and a half pounds as the climate warmed.
— NY Times

The Fireballs of February

In the middle of the night on February 13th, something disturbed the animal population of rural Portal, Georgia.
— NASA

'UFO Phil' Says He Can Assume Presidency Without A Single Vote

UFO Phil, a self-appointed intergalactic frontrunner for president, announced today he has been granted authority to assume the job without waiting for the November election.
— Huffington Post

Thursday, February 23, 2012

The myth of the eight-hour sleep

We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you.
— BBC News

Scientists did not break speed of light - it was a faulty wire

It was Albert Einstein who proposed more than 100 years ago that nothing could travel faster than the speed of light.
— The Telegraph

Mayan Kukulkan Pyramid Emits Light Beam in iPhone Photo

Linda Moulton Howe interviews photographer of anomalous image.
— Earthfiles

Limbless amphibian family discovered in India

An entirely new family of amphibians has been discovered hiding in the soils of northeastern India.
— Nature

You’ve never seen a solar eclipse quite like this

The Moon passed in front of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, temporarily blocking the satellite's view of the Sun.
— io9.com

Playboy and Virgin Galactic Dream Up Cosmic Men's Space Club

The iconic adult-magazine company has dreamed up a vision of a Playboy Club in space.
— Space.com

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

'Chinese Pompeii' 300m-year-old forest preserved in ash

Researchers have unearthed a forest in northern China preserved under a layer of ash deposited 300 million years ago.
— BBC News

Dolphins deserve same rights as humans, say scientists

Experts in philosophy, conservation and animal behavior want support for a Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans.
— BBC News

The long-lost 'haunted' painting

Strange claims that ghost vanished after the portrait was put back in its rightful place.
— Daily Mail

The Smallest Known Black Hole Has 20 Million Mile Per Hour Winds

Black hole IGR J17091-3624 might be small, but it has the "cosmic equivalent of winds from a category five hurricane."
— Forbes.com

The Hobbit who helped us find our origins

Chris Stringer writes about how a series of extraordinary finds has transformed our view of human history.
— The Telegraph

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Solar Tornadoes Dance Across Sun's Surface

A NASA spacecraft has captured an amazing video of solar twisters blowing across the surface of the sun.
— Space.com

Italian mummies preserved in mercury for almost 200 years

Academics discovered the specimens were injected with arsenic and mercury - or dipped in chemical baths to preserve them for research.
— Daily Mail

Britain's biggest meteorite discovered after 80 years lying on doorstep

Tests have shown the 90kg (200lb) rock fell to Earth 30,000 years ago.
— Metro.co.uk

Audio Interview: Brad Steiger

The prolific author discusses such topics as WWII table tipping, the Hollow Earth, and parallel species living on Earth.
— Binnall of America

The Top 6 Exploration Stories of 2012

Exploration/astrobiology-related items that should loom large in the coming year.
— Wired

Monday, February 20, 2012

Lab-grown meat is first step to artificial hamburger

Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue.
— BBC News

Producer Says 'San Juan Mountain Bigfoot' Footage Appears To Be Authentic

While vacationing in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, a hiker saw what he thought was a bear in the distance.
— Bigfoot Evidence

Beirut River mysteriously runs blood red

A stream of unidentified red liquid began pouring from the southern bank of the river in Furn al-Shubbak.
— Daily Star

Physicists Create a Working Transistor From a Single Atom

Physicists have built a transistor from a single phosphorus atom embedded in a silicon crystal.
— NY Times

Extraordinary story of Appalachia's 'Blue Family' whose bodies were discolored

Isolated family in Kentucky started producing blue children in 1800s.
— Daily Mail

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Ancient biblical gardens 'bloom' again

Reconstruction of 2,500 garden relied on analyses of excavated pollen and reveals a paradise of exotic plants.
— LiveScience

Device turns gestures into song

Researchers have created a system that converts hand gestures into speech, and yes, into song as well.
— Cosmic Log

Swedish man survives for months in snowed-in car

A Swedish man was dug out alive after being snowed in to his car on a forest track for two months with no food.
— Reuters

Project Avatar

U.S. military researches ways for soldiers to control robot 'surrogates' using just their minds.
— Mail Online

Cars without drivers

Get ready to see automated automobiles on the open road.
— International Business Times

Saturday, February 18, 2012

President Eisenhower had secret meetings with aliens

Former American President Dwight D. Eisenhower had three secret meetings with aliens, a former US government consultant has claimed.
— Mail Online

Buxton Mermaid origins probed at University of Lincoln

University staff and students are doing tests to uncover the origins of a museum exhibit which looks like a mummified mermaid.
— BBC News

Video: UFO explodes and crashes in South Carolina

Many upstate South Carolina residents witnessed an unidentified object streaking through the sky, explode, then apparently crash.
— Huffington Post

Hundreds of dead birds on I-95 in Maryland

Hundreds of birds just dropped from the sky and landed onto I-95 in Laurel, bringing afternoon rush hour traffic to a crawl.
— WJLA.com

Stonehenge was based on a 'magical' auditory illusion

The layout of Stonehenge matches the spacing of loud and quiet sounds created by acoustic interference, new theory claims.
— The Guardian

Friday, February 17, 2012

'Battlefield Illusions' to Mess With Enemy Minds

DARPA plans to investigate technologies that will "manage the adversary’s sensory perception."
— Danger Room

Where and when will the next tsunami hit?

Tsunamis strike somewhere in the world almost every year, and giant ones have arguably changed history.
— National Geographic

Eastern Washington hole is shrouded in mystery

Mel Water's hole-- a mystery buried deep in the hills of eastern Washington keeps resurfacing.
— KOMO News

Aurora Oddity

Northern Lights display dazzles without big sun flare.
— Space.com

Bengston's Energy Healing - Too Good to be True?

A look at Bengston's hands-on technique which is said to be painless, and non-invasive.
— Paranormalia

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Odd Black Hole Is Last Survivor of its Galaxy

The Hubble space telescope has spotted a supermassive black hole floating on the outskirts of a large galaxy.
— Wired

Icelandic River Monster Mystery Solved

A video that claimed to depict a bizarre river monster surfaced about a week ago.
— Discovery News

Intangibility cloak could make buildings "invisible" to earthquakes

Invisibility cloak research focuses on how to make light waves pass through an object. Now what if you took that same basic principle and applied it to other types of waves?
— io9.com

Could The Next Generation Live To Be 150?

Huge breakthroughs in science and technology could make it a reality.
— CBSNewYork.com

Video: Author explores Sacramento River's myths, folklore

The Sacramento River is one of California's most famous stretches of water with lots of legends.
— news10.net

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

US firm Monsanto 'guilty' in France poisoning case

Ruling could have major ramifications for controversial biotech industry.
— BBC News

Love letters reveal tyrants' hearts bleed, too

A look at the 'romantic' side of despots like Stalin, Napolean, and Hitler.
— CNN

50 Years Later, Celebrating John Glenn's Feat

An in-depth revisiting of John Glenn's historic 1962 orbit of the Earth.
— NY Times

Cryptozoologist's Wife Vanishes

The wife of Danish researcher Lars Thomas has been missing since February 10th.
— Cryptomundo

Shark devours another shark whole (Photo)

Serendipitous photo captures a 'carpet shark' eating a 'bamboo shark.'
— Yahoo! News

Discovered: One of the smallest reptiles on the planet

Scientists discovered four new species - called Brookesia micra - on a small islet just off of Madagascar.
— Daily Mail

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Zombies led police to close off town

Reports of a gunman prompt swift police action, though it was all just a student film.
— Orange News

'Live Woolly Mammoth' Video Proven a Hoax

Original footage of Siberian river, sans mammoth, surfaces.
— LiveScience

Should We Vaccinate Wild Apes?

Alarming spread of diseases amongst Great Apes prompts conservationists to consider taking proactive steps to help them survive.
— Discovery News

Behind the Mask: Aliens or Cosmic Jokers?

An in-depth look at the evolving debate over who or what is behind UFOs.
— New Dawn Magazine