Just Plain WEIRD #2
By Rich Haridy June 02, 2020 – 2nd Place / Oneshot : Movement/Nature. Claudio Piccoli – This year’s International Photography Awards (IPA) One-Shot contest focused on how a single image can profoundly convey the concept of movement. The incredible array of celebrated shots illustrate …
So-called gynandromorphs are rare, but they can teach us a lot about development and evolution. The face of a sweat bee (Megalopta amoena) that is half female (viewer’s left, bee’s right) and half male (viewer’s right, bee’s left) (Chelsey Ritner / Utah State …
Walking 20 minutes can add to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $4000 per month. My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he’s …
By Rich Haridy 2020 May 26 – A new study suggests one third of modern European women may carry an ancient gene variant linked to increased fertility. lurii/Depositphotos – A genetic variant inherited from our ancient Neanderthal relatives and thought to confer heightened fertility …
The chance discovery of ancient bones under an Irish pub in County Antrim in the mid-2000s has cast doubt over whether Irish people are actually related to the ancient Celts at all. IrishCentral Staff, @IrishCentral – 2020 May 01 – The bones could …
Cleaning up the Uffington Horse is the neigh-borly thing to do. The White Horse at Uffington, Oxfordshire. (AP Photo). By Emily Cleaver, SmithsonianMag.Com – If you stand in the valley near the village of Uffington in Oxfordshire, England, and look up at the …
By Genevieve Carlton – Most people have never heard of the Cerrejón coal mine, located in Colombia. The mine pumps out over 30 million tons of coal each year, and it’s also become a critical site for scientists. In fact, the coal …
Beware the restless spirits and evil forces that occupy these eerie places. Their stories alone are the stuff nightmares are made of. Experience the spookiness of each for yourself through the books and movies that they inspired. Life is an adventure worth caring …
By Alexei Muraki, Updated 2020 Apr 25 – It is generally suggested (through archeological and genetic evidence) that the Ainu (or the ancestors of the Ainu) originated in southern Siberia or somewhere in Central Asia. From there my ancestors migrated to the …
By Genevieve Carlton – From the Illuminati to the Freemasons, and the Knights Templar to the Knights of Malta, historical secret societies have long been the stuff of world-domination rumors. But what are the best secret societies to join? That really depends on what …
