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Birds Nests in the Most Bizarre Places
Few doubt the brilliance of bird nest design, but it seems our feathered friends are just as ingenious when it comes to picking locations for their future homes. They need to be, when you consider the rate at which we're gobbling up space on our planet. Yet looking at some of the bizarre spots birds mark out as prime real estate, anyone would think this business tells you something about each bird's taste and character.
Continue reading...This Day In History: Wierdest Disaster Ever
Friday, January 16, 2009
On this day in 1915 (from the day of publishing, at least), argueably the strangest man-made disaster ever happened in Boston when a 50 foot, 2.3 million gallon tank of molasses collapsed. This created a wave of sugary destruction up to 15 feet-high, travelling at the breakneck speed (for molasses) of 35 mph and what must surely be one of the hardest clean-up efforts of a non-inherently lethal substance in recent history.
Continue reading...The Weirdest Creature on Earth
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
As if the North American Star-Nosed Mole wasn't weird enough; this functionally blind mole (Candylura cristata), which has twenty-two worm-like and independently movable tentacles growing out of its nose, has also apparently discovered the secret of being able to smell underwater. The main difficulty with underwater olfaction is trying not to inhale any water.
Continue reading...Man Buried Alive in Stampede Wakes Up in Morgue…
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Nineteen-year-old Mange Ram from India was knocked unconscious on a pilgrimage by stampeding devotees on the way to the Naina Devi shrine in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. Panic set in when rumors of a landslide in the area started to circulate, thousands of people on the steep path scurried in fear resulting in a horrendous stampede, killing hundreds. The bodies...
Continue reading...30 Creepiest Trees on Earth [pics]
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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If you are a horror movie buff, you've certainly noticed the liberal use of trees to set the mood. Halloween is hardly complete without the image of a moon-lit and fog-laden tree. However, some trees have been molded by Mother Nature into specters of their own. Scary, frightening, or downright weird, the trees we've amassed in this collection will leave you wondering if Mother Nature herself digested some magic mushrooms.
Continue reading...5 Amazing Oddball Flying Machines
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Clément Ader’s flying machine. Taken by Stephane Delbecque In honor of Yves Rossy, the Swiss man who flew over the Alps on a personal jet-powered wing Wednesday, Environmental Graffiti was inspired to search for some of the other strangest devices that have carried men aloft. Obviously we have [...]
Continue reading...Jealousy, Murder and Gender-Bending: Octopus Sex is Bizarre
Sunday, April 6, 2008
I’ll just quote from National Geographic for a lead here: “The study found that wild octopuses engage in “jealous murders,” gender bending, and once-in-a-lifetime sex—unlike their seemingly shy, unromantic captive brethren.” You wanna know more? Ok… Headed to the swingers club, doubtless. Image from [...]
Continue reading...Knox’s Wireless Green
Friday, February 29, 2008
Welcome to this week’s installment of Knox’s Wireless Green, a rundown of all the week’s most interesting, weird, and popular stories from the worlds of science and the environment. So far, I’ve managed to keep from tooting our own horn, so to speak, in this column. We’ve
Continue reading...Irish Man Uses Son’s Tooth To Repair Blind Eye
Friday, February 29, 2008
Bob McNichol, blind since a 2005 explosion in an aluminum recycling center, believed he would be blind the rest of his life after Irish doctors told him they were out of options. Image by Sugar Pond It was then, however, that he heard about the procedure being [...]
Continue reading...Knox’s Wireless Green
Friday, February 22, 2008
Knox’s Wireless Green is a rundown of all the week’s most interesting, weird, and popular stories from the worlds of science and the environment. What a week for space junkies. First off, the probability of alien life existing just got a little higher.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
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