WEIRD FACTS
There’s a big difference between sitting at home and sitting at work. By Emma Betuel – As a society, we sit too much. We sit in the car, we sit at our desks, and we flop down on the couch when we get …
By Nick Lavars – The VoloCity aircraft, as it is now known, has been designed to meet the certification standards laid out by the European Aviation Safety Agency. – Little by little, Volocopter has continued to refine the design of its flying taxi …
Adversarial Fashion garments are covered in license plates, aimed at bamboozling a device’s databases. By Alex Hern in Las Vegas @alexhern – An Adversarial Fashion dress, modeled by its designer, Kate Rose. Photograph: Kate Rose. Automatic license plate readers, which use networked surveillance …
By Louis Doré – An infographic map made by Czech linguist, mathematician, and artist Jakub Marian has described the most popular surnames in Europe. For example, the most popular surname in the United Kingdom is Smith, deriving from the metalworking practice, compared to …
By Hannah Irvine – There’s no doubt the US $1 bill is highly controversial. It’s the most talked about of all bills, and that’s not just because George Washington’s face replaced Salmon P. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, who originally adorned the bill (rude). Rumors circulating …
By Loz Blain – More than 1,000 hp makes the Rezvani Tank X the world’s first hyper-SUV. (Credit: Rezvani). Nobody this side of Howe & Howe knows how to overcompensate like the Rezvani team, and the new Tank X is so brutally …
“It’s a real change in consumer behavior.” By Mike Brown – Plant-based meat is on the move: A report released recently shows that retail sales across the industry are growing even faster than regular meat. The emergent food trend of plant-based alternatives to …
By Ben Coxworth – The Limitless Milk Shirt is claimed to be three times softer than regular cotton. (Credit: Mi Terro). Every day, dairies dispose of milk that for one reason or another is deemed unfit for human consumption. A Los Angeles-based …
There could be an alien world out there with your name on it…! By Scott Snowden – As part of its 100th anniversary commemorations, the Paris-based International Astronomical Union is organizing the IAU100 NameExoWorlds, a global competition that allows any country in the …
By Loz Blain – It’s a motorcycle … with a BBQ on it. (Credit: Indian Motorcycle). From the “why the hell not” files: the Indian team is hitting this year’s Sturgis rally with a sidecar outfit we’re sure will be popular. It’s …
