A quirky compendium

Try to hang on to your reality

According to a paradigm-shattering mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists, parallel universes seem to be the natural way things work, and seems there is nothing we can do about it—short of ignoring the whole concept, and science is not about to do that. The parallel universe theory was first proposed back in 1950 by US physicist, [...]

Desert rats

No, this desert rat is not a new, recently discovered species (see previous WholeWeirdWorld post on a huge, newly-discovered rat), these are NASA desert rats, part of a team that tests space vehicles like the Lunar Electric Rover or the Chariot, which will move astronauts across the Moon and Mars’ terrains in the Constellation missions. [...]

Not just honey

Bombus franklini, a North American bumblebee, was last seen on August 9, 2006. Professor Emeritus Robbin Thorp, an entomologist at UC Davis, was doing survey work on Mt. Ashland in Oregon when he saw a single worker on a flower near the Pacific Crest Trail. He had last seen the bee in 2003, roughly in [...]

Gator hunting cheerleader

PELION, S.C. — A local cheerleader spent part of her weekend on a boat hunting of all things, alligators — and she came back with a big one. Cammie Colin, 16, helped catch a gator that was 10 feet, 5 inches long and weighed 353 pounds. The Pelion teen was on a boat with family [...]

Reach out and touch 3D

TOKYO - Imagine a light switch or a book that appears only when you need it — Japanese scientists are one step closer to making the stuff of sci-fi films into reality after creating a hologram that can also be felt. “Up until now, holography has been for the eyes only, and if you’d try [...]

Sex is dead

ZURICH (Reuters) – German anatomists plan a new show dedicated solely to dead bodies having sex as part of the Body Worlds exhibitions. If you wish to read more about it, click the link below. This is too bizarre for me to write about any further. SOURCE: Reuters