WEIRD FACTS
Postwar Beetle built for the British army. Volkswagen – By David Szondy 2021 Apr 02 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the line in 2003 after more than six decades in production. One of the great game-changing automobiles, the quirky little sedan emerged …
A selection of tools found at the Mongolian site Tolbor-16. UC Davis – By Michael Irving 2019 Aug 19 – The story of human history is patchy at best, but now another patch may have been filled in. Archaeologists have found ancient tools at …
The unusually acrobatic sauteur d’Alfort rabbits were first discovered in France in 1935. By the time sauteur d’Alfort rabbits are a few months old, they learn how to walk on their front paws to accommodate their uncoordinated back legs. (Carneiro M et al., …
The new treatment targets the underlying genetic cause of the disease. Progeria causes “premature aging” in children. Credit: Getty Images – By Alex Berezow 2021 Mar 30 – Progeria is an “accelerated aging” disease that causes children to die of “old age” at …
The windows of your soul can reveal an extraordinary amount about you, especially when a machine learning algorithm is watching. – hquality/Depositphotos By Loz Blain 2021 Mar 29 – Eye tracking technology is starting to pop up more and more, keeping track of …
So much for rest in peace. Image source: live.staticflickr.com – By Mike Colagrossi 2019 Sep 16 – Australian scientists found that bodies kept moving for 17 months after being pronounced dead. Researchers used photography capture technology in 30-minute intervals every day to capture …
Developers plan to build 15 3D-printed houses in Rancho Mirage, California. – By David Williams, CNN Updated 7:38 AM ET, Thu – 2021 Mar 18 – Developers in Southern California are building what they say will be the first 3D-printed zero net energy …
Image credit: Getty Images – By Jerone Andrews 2021 Mar 24 – They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Actually, there’s a great deal more hidden inside the modern digital image, says researcher Jerone Andrews. – On 2020 Oct 03, the …
The novel species of bacteria could help astronauts grow food in space. Methylobacteriaceae Credit: Aslam Z., Lee C. S., Kim K.-H., Im W.-T., Ten L. N., Lee S.-T. via Wikipedia – By Stephen Johnson 2021 Mar 18 – The bacteria were collected as …
An insect-friendly wildflower swath at California State University, Fullerton’s arboretum. TDLucas5000/Flickr, CC BY – By Brian Lovett, Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University 2021 Mar 22 – As winter phases into spring across the U.S., gardeners are laying in supplies and making …
