WEIRD FACTS
by Ben B.Boothe, Sr. – Comments from BOOTHE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES: We often ponder that “time” is a man made phenomena, and we try to get to the source of our concept of time. Here we see that the idea of the “second” was …
Altria Group Inc., maker of Marlboro cigarettes, said it’s taking a 45 percent stake in Cronos Group, a major Canadian medical and recreational marijuana provider. By Stephen Johnson – The deal includes the option for Altria Group to take a 55 percent stake …
People often say, “I’m just not a math person,” but the truth is that no one’s brain is hardwired for math. By Kevin Dickinson – – “I’m just not a math person.” This trite statement suggests some people don’t have an innate ability …
Large sections of the Great Wall of China are in urgent need of preservation work, but hard to reach. So drones are coming to the rescue. | http://ow.ly/rwnm30mHdTO #Drones #UAV #Photography #Archaeology #GreatWall #China
Nick Lavars – – Sygiriya, the legendary “lion rock” in Sri Lanka, is an ancient village built in the sky (Credit: Dronestagram/jcourtial). Camera drones are not only getting better, they are also getting cheaper, giving more and more aspiring aerial photographers the …
Ben Coxworth – – The gas off-road version of the Comanche, with the optional long-travel independent front suspension package. While many people enjoy dirt-biking, they often can’t afford the truck or trailer necessary to transport the things. That’s why Stanford University aerospace …
Termites were building these mounds when humans were building Egypt’s pyramids. By Sarah Sloat – This is an image of the mounds. Termite mounds typically outlive the colonies that built them, so it was doubly astonishing when thousands of insects were recently …
Rich Haridy – Sensitivity to the bitterness of caffeine has been found to actually increase a person’s propensity to drink coffee (Credit: massonforstock/Depositphotos). Intriguing new research has revealed that people with a preference for drinking coffee over tea tend to display a genetic variant …
By Barry Neild – (CNN) — Some amazing archeological finds involve daring adventures into hidden tombs. Others — as is the case with the discovery of a beautiful new sphinx in Egypt — simply involve a spot of drainage. – The newly uncovered …
Rich Haridy – Two different configurations of the Monkeycycle (Credit: Monkeycycle). Grow bikes are nothing new in the children’s bicycle scene, however Monkeycycle is an extraordinarily modular new innovation designed to offer your child eight different configurations, morphing from a stroller for …
