Just Plain WEIRD #2
By Rich Haridy 2020 Apr 23 – Boston Dynamics suggests this technology could be applied to a number of other more common wheeled robots. Boston Dynamics. – For years we have witnessed Boston Dynamics develop increasingly sophisticated robots, and while they are undoubtedly impressive …
It originated in India, and came to dominate Western interiors and fashion. Joobin Bekhrad traces the fascinating – and turbulent – history of all things ‘chintzy’. By Joobin Bekhrad 2020 Apr 21 – In a letter to her sister penned in 1851, the …
By Nathan Gibson Updated 2019 Jun 14 – Typos (generally, errors in spelling of a printed word) have been a part of human history ever since people began to read and write. While they mostly effect publishing companies rather than individuals, anyone who …
Fears around the pandemic are causing sleep patterns to change and strange dreams to linger in people’s memories. An ongoing study by the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center has found a 35 percent increase in dream recall and a 15 percent increase in negative …
By Katherine Ripley – Updated 2019 Jun 11 – If Abraham Lincoln had heeded the warnings that his life may be in danger, the course of history may have been very different. In fact, if you look back through history, you’ll find …
By Loryn B – Unless you are an avid historian, it’s very likely that you can’t seem to figure out how ecstasy and Titanic have one thing in common. And you probably couldn’t figure out how Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth are somehow …
By David Sharp Updated 2019 Dec 28 – City 40, or what is today known as Ozersk, is a closed city in Russia that the Soviet Union created during the Cold War. City 40 didn’t appear on any maps until 1991, allowed no outsiders to …
The SARS-CoV-2 virus endures for days on plastic or metal but disintegrates soon after landing on copper surfaces. Here’s why. Copper wire (Getty Images) By Jim Morrison, SmithsonianMag.Com – 2020 Apr 14 – When researchers reported last month that the novel coronavirus causing …
The animal trekked an average of 28 miles per day, covering a distance of 2,175 miles during her journey from Spitsbergen to Ellesmere Island. The little fox that could (Elise Stromseng/Norwegian Polar Institute) – By Meilan Solly, SmithsonianMag.Com – On March 26, 2018, …
Pride of eight lions photographed snoozing on tarmac in Kruger National Park Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage – By Helen Sullivan, @helenrsullivan 2020 Apr 16 – Last modified on Fri 2020 Apr 17 – 07.56 EDT – This lion …
