Archive for September, 2010
Surprise! Family Finds Random 18-Foot Deep Hole In Backyard
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
The random opening could be related to an oil well abandoned in 1950 that’s close to the home. The only silver lining now is if the opening leads to a Goonies-style adventure.
But it probably won’t.
Unless it does.
[KTLA]
Scientists Succeed In Creating Quantum Cats
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Apparently “quantum cats” are “photons (particles of light), boosting prospects for manipulating light in new ways to enhance precision measurements as well as computing and communications based on quantum physics” and not a new Saturday Morning cartoon featuring super powered felines solving mysteries and learning a little about themselves and others along the way.
The Red Rain That Fell From Space!
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010A crimson rainfall in India at the turn of our most recent century has been rumored to feature properties that we’ve never seen on Earth before or since. New research demonstrates that the cells of the rain can replicate in extremely hostile environments. The results also suggest that the rain might have originated in extragalactic dust clouds.
This only ends one of two ways. 1) the rain creates the zombie disease outbreak which changes our lives (and since it will be local to India: Bollywood films) forever 2) this is the first sign of the coming of Galactus.
Who Created A Smooth 200-Yard Trench On Mars?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Well… duh.
Other theories (notably less awesome than an all powerful, semi-emo superman) include an “oblique impact, when a small body struck the surface at a very shallow angle.”
Boring.
[Pop Sci]