WEIRD FACTS
The most recognizable motorcycle in the world has two claimants, and both were built and certified as being “the original” by Dan Haggerty, aka Grizzly Adams. The bike going to auction next week appears to have a more credible claim. Columbia Pictures View …
Bills have a long journey that includes going through the parliamentarian’s office in the Senate. Here, a corridor in the Senate. dkfielding/iStock/Getty Images Plus – By Charles Tiefer, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore 2021 May 24 – Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough raised …
Increasing blanket of mucus-like substance in water threatens coral and fishing industry. An aerial view of sea snot in Istanbul. Photograph: Anadolu agency/Getty Images – About this content By Selin Uğurtaş in Istanbul Last modified on 2021 May 25 – When seen from …
For cybersecurity, your best bet is to assume that the enemy has already slipped inside. clu/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images – By Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University 2021 May …
A microscope image of the cacti-inspired spines that line the new membrane and collect water from thin air. Caltech – By Michael Irving 2021 May 20 – Water scarcity is one of humanity’s most pressing problems. Now engineers at Caltech have developed a new …
– By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Updated 2021 May 20 – London There is no such thing as a “safe” level of drinking, with increased consumption of alcohol associated with poorer brain health, according to a new study. In an observational study, which has …
Scientists have used a monomer made from a component in citrus fruit peels called limonene to produce entirely sustainable transparent wood. Céline Montanari – By Nick Lavars 2021 May 04 – For tens of thousands of years, humans have been drawn to wood as …
Newly-calved iceberg A-76 is now the largest iceberg in the world. – By Sophie Lewis CBS News / 2021 May 20 – A massive slab of ice, roughly the shape of Manhattan but more than 70 times larger, has sheared off from Antarctica …
When there’s only space for one meat-free option on the menu, chefs often now ditch dairy for vegan alternatives. Is this the end of veggie dining? Plant-tastic … the new dairy-free landscape. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Getty Images – By Tony Naylor Last modified on …
The author, known as the “Lord of Misrule,” had the audacity to erect a maypole in Massachusetts. Circa 1620, American colonist and leader of the Plymouth Colony Myles Standish (1584 – 1656) and a colony of English settlers follow a Native American scout. …
