Archive page 70
Read the Short Story Hunger Games AND Battle Royale Ripped Off
Okay, that’s a deliberately provocative headline, I apologize. But after all I’ve read pushing back on the popularity of the Hunger Games film and book series while citing the 1999 novel and 2000 film Battle Royale as the originator of the...
Who’s Next: Is the Volcano that Buried Atlantis Reawakening?
The volcano that, by legend, damned the civilization of Atlantis to a watery grave could be reawakening. Investigators had installed a GPS monitoring system in the area in 2006. These sensors keep track of their location in space, and can...
A 3 Minute Explanation of Planetary Resources in Their Own Words
Still confused about all that asteroid mining talk yesterday? Here is a really simple explanation on the whole announcement from the folks making it happen. [Planetary Resources]
Have You Seen This Führer? Hitler’s Possible Disguises Revealed
You are the United States military. Your intelligence unit is preparing to capture the most notorious war criminal in the history of modern civilization. But Adolf Hitler’s infamous, iconic, look could also lead to tremendous confusion...
Podcast: Jet-Lagged Were-Hookers
Andrew is fresh off a plane from Italy and still loopy, what better time to discuss the future of mining asteroids?! The boys chat about the team of modern superheroes uniting to bring trillions of dollars to the global economy while...
Seven Awesome Facts Learned in the Planetary Resources Press Conference
One average asteroid, half the size of the conference room they made their announcement in, can contain enough resources to power every space flight in the history of the NASA space program When asked during Q and A how many resources can...
Silicon Valley Billionaire Starts Fund for Development of 6 Insane Projects
Peter Thiel has long been a heavy hitter in Silicon Valley. He was a co-founder and CEO of PayPal and made an early stage development in Facebook, even earning himself the “honor” of being portrayed in The Social Network film about the...
Is Asteroid Mining Ready to Take Off?
Space blog superstar Phil “Bad Astronomer” Plait has a prediction about a news conference set to take place next Tuesday. It will feature Peter Diamandis, leading commercial space entrepreneur Eric Anderson, former NASA Mars mission...
Podcast: Raising Arizona Demon Killers
Three lovely young ladies are patrolling Arizona with murder on their minds. Who are they trying to kill and how do they plan on doing it? Andrew blows Brian’s mind with the concept of a blimp to space. But does the new hotness spell doom...
Brazilian Cannibals Sell Human Meat Empanada to Neighbors
Say, can I borrow that recipe? File that under things you don’t want to say if you ever find yourself living next to a Brazilian cannibal couple accused of cooking human flesh empanada and selling the savory treats to their neighbors. A...
Is the Turing Test Ready to Tumble?
Long the unmatched standard for artificial intelligence, it looks like the Turing Test might be ready to crack. According to a new essay in the April 12th edition of Science, a cognitive scientist at the French National Center for...
Is this the Reason We Believed in Dragons?
His name is Dracorex and he looks like a dragon. Seriously, compare the skull you see above to the massive dragon skulls found in the subterranean pathways of King’s Landing in HBO’s Game of Thrones. While it is inconclusive that Dracorex...
The Monolith of Mars
Is this a 2001: A Space Odyssey style monolith plopped on the surface of Mars? Kind of. Maybe. Not really. But it still looks awesome. [Yahoo]
Mysterious “Whale Sized” Glowing Object Falls in Lake, Goes Missing
You watch a massive glowing object fall into a lake. What could it be? UFO? Fat ghost? A plane make entirely out of glow-in-the-dark plastic? Whatever it is, we are going to keep guessing because a search of the lake is plummeted into...
Hilarious Video North Korea Used to Covered Up Their Last Massive Launch Failure
As you may have heard, North Korea tried to launch a long-range rocket today and the results were not so hot. But while the truth of what happened is being reported world wide, the question remains, how will North Korea’s famously...
[Proof] Is this a UFO or a Really High Flying Plastic Bag?
Check out this video from our good buddy Tony Ley. It purports to show a UFO from the point of view of an airplane. Whatever it is seems to be zooming through the sky pretty fast. What do you think?
Asteroid that Killed Dinosaurs Also Seeded the Universe with Life
The big rock from the sky that crashed into Earth and proved an extinction level event for our dinosaur pals could also seed life on a far off planet. The meteorites launched into space by the impact carrying the ingredients for life...
Scientist: Super Genius Space Dinosaurs Could Rule Other Planets!
We aren’t quite sure how this was the conclusion he reached but Ronald Breslow, Ph.D has a theory. In a new report he tries to shed light on the age-old mystery of why terrestrial amino acids (the very building blocks of life) exist in...
Now Available: Angel Killer – Andrew Mayne’s Thriller
SPONSORED POST In front of security cameras, a tourist vanishes from the top of the Empire State Building and mysteriously falls to her death moments later in Times Square. A young girl dies crawling out of her own grave after having been...
SpaceX Wants to Build “Commercial Cape Canaveral” Deep in the Heart of Texas
The stars at night are big and bright CLICK HERE deep in the heart of Texas. So where better to launch vehicles to get closer to them. SpaceX has begun preliminary paperwork to establish a launching facility in South Texas, near the...