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Our Insane World

Monster Black Holes, Cool

from SPACE Monster Black Holes Spotted Orbiting Each Other for 1st Time Ever By Charles Q. Choi Artist’s conception of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other at the center of galaxy 0402+379, located 750 million light-years from Earth. Credit: Josh Valenzuela/University of New Mexico For the first time ever, scientists have directly spotted a […]

Tide Power

from Hakai Magazine Watts in the Water Our oceans contain enough energy to power the planet—if we could just get our hands on it. by Bruce Grierson Another innovative scheme to draw power from the sea is through underwater kites placed in ocean currents. The idea is to harness the energy produced as the water […]

Is my husband gay, is my wife crazy?

from Vox Proof that Americans are lying about their sexual desires What Google searches for porn tell us about ourselves. by Sean Illing Two weeks ago, I interviewed Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, author of Everybody Lies, a new book that uses data on America’s Google habits as an insight into our national consciousness. Two findings from the […]

More Skull Cult

from Reuters Tower of human skulls in Mexico casts new light on Aztecs By Roberto Ramirez | MEXICO CITY Skulls are seen at a site where more than 650 skulls caked in lime and thousands of fragments were found in the cylindrical edifice near Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital […]

Skull Cult

from National Geographic Hints of Skull Cult Found at World’s Oldest Temple Carved human skull fragments from a Stone Age archaeological site hint at a surprisingly complex culture. By Shaena Montanari Göbekli Tepe, site of the possible skull cult, is considerd the world’s oldest temple. PHOTOGRAPH BY VINCENT MUSI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE Around 10,000 years ago, […]

A little too much magnesium, I guess.

Top 10 Wieners

from The New York Times We Taste-Tested 10 Hot Dogs. Here Are the Best. By JULIA MOSKIN The 10 hot dogs that were part of the taste test, clockwise from top left: Applegate, Nathan’s, Oscar Mayer, Wellshire Farms, Boar’s Head, Trader Joe’s, Niman Ranch, Ball Park, Brooklyn Hot Dog Company and Hebrew National. Credit: Karsten Moran […]

NASA Asteroid Killer

from CNN via ClickOrlando NASA unveils plan to test asteroid defense technique DART launch set for October 2022 By DAKIN ANDONE, CNN (CNN) – Humanity could face one less doomsday scenario if NASA has its way. On Friday, the space agency announced plans to redirect the course of a small asteroid approaching Earth, as part […]

The Evel Museum

from NPR A New Museum Dares To Showcase Stuntman Evel Knievel by Frank Morris Half a century ago war, protests, and political scandal rocked the United States. Sound familiar? But, out of all that a small-time hoodlum from Butte, Montana rocketed into national prominence, on a motorbike. Evel Knievel’s career took off like a rocket, […]