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mercredi 29 janvier 2025, 13:54
I was surprised to hear that the Doomsday Clock isn't just a storytelling device Alan Moore made up for Watchmen. The real-life Doomsday Clock is a representation of how close humanity is to global catastrophe, maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists – people who...
In a valuable use of Congressional time, Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna introduced a bill to chisel Donald Trump's likeness onto Mount Rushmore, alongside lesser past U.S. Presidents like Lincoln and Jefferson. The lack of Trump's face on the monument has been the...
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Sometimes it takes a foreign source to represent your own music back to you… I'm looking forward to this new compilation of groovy American 1960s folk rock recordings, brought to you by a British label. 'A new collection celebrating the U.S. — Read the rest The post Britis...
In the fall of every year, migrating newts cross Chileno Valley Road in Sonoma County, California. Newts are making their way from the lake, where they began their lives as tadpoles, to the forest, where they will spend the next five years. — Read the rest The post Newt...
A plane carrying 176 people caught fire right before taking off from a South Korean airport Tuesday night, forcing all passengers to evacuate. Stunning footage shows the entire top of the Air Busan plane charred as firefighters work to extinguish the fire. — Read the rest ...
All those supposedly pious medieval churches, might not have been as uptight as we imagine. Hundreds of explicit stone carvings showing naked women flashing their bits are scattered across European buildings. Old-timey peasants heading to church would walk under doorways...
Every night before they go to sleep, my dogs Henry Rollins and Jaxon Pawlick do what we have come to affectionately call the 'chicken paw gnaw' – that is, they take a couple of minutes to lick and clean and gently gnaw on their paws, which seems to both clean their paws...
When Future Publishing's game magazines were shredded in the 1990s, no one thought twice about destroying what would become invaluable historical documents. Now, remaining copies of these defunct gaming periodicals are commanding premium prices on eBay and being digitally...
A brain implant has allowed a Parkinson's patient to 'forget about' his debilitating condition for days at a time. Kevin Hill, a 65-year-old from Sunderland, received a computer-controlled device in his chest wall, connected to wires that run into his brain. — Read the rest ...
In true MAGA fashion, billionaire Nicole Shanahan threatens a long list of senators — including Republicans — who do not vote to confirm the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. 'The two candidates I helped elect, Senator Raphael ...
A U.S. Air Force pilot was flying an F-35 fighter jet in Alaska as part of a training exercise when the plane malfunctioned. Dramatic footage shows the jet nosediving at Eielson Air Force Base before crashing to the ground, exploding into an ball of flames. — Read the rest ...
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I always wanted to fly on the Concorde and never got a chance. Today, the XB-1 made the first commercial supersonic flight since the legendary Anglo-French jet last hit Mach 1—and the first ever for a privately-built civil aircraft (at least intentionally). — Read the rest...
mardi 28 janvier 2025, 23:27
Transfixed by the retro desktop computers seen in Severance? Want something just like it? They were based on the Data General Dasher 2, but the real thing is rare and ancient and it would be sacrilegeous to do anything hacky with any part of one. — Read the rest The post...
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Researchers at Beijing's Chinese Academy of Sciences have used the gene-editing technology CRISPR to create mice from two fathers. CRISPR is a powerful genetic editing tool that allows scientists to precisely modify DNA by cutting and replacing specific genetic sequences....
This trailer for SNL's 3-hour-long marathon tribute to their musical guests is fun to watch. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! This is fun and upbeat, and all I need to remember is the incredible history Saturday Night Live has had, hosting...
A few weeks ago, Santa Cruz, California surfer Alessandro 'Alo' Slebir rode an enormous wave at Mavericks. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Alo Slebir (Santa Cruz, California, USA) slides through the vortex of a potential World Record wave...
A 24-year-old fellow turned up at Vietnam's Can Tho University of Medicine complaining of swelling and intense pain in one of his eyes. The man claimed that he was previously examined at a medical facility near his home but they couldn't find anything wrong. — Read the rest ...
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