Saturday, July 28, 2012

Has America lost its neighborhood cranks? 

Not as long as I live there.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:07 PM

Okaloosa man works on Earhart mystery 

I would have gone with "Earhart mystery works on Okaloosa man" but whatever.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:13 PM

Science and the Paranormal 

Some well-respected scientists were pretty open-minded about it.

posted by Prof. Hex at 6:04 PM

Our ancestors got busy with a mystery species 

A team of geneticists are claiming they have found DNA evidence which proves the existence of a previously unknown mystery species that lived and interbred with the ancestors of modern humans. A species that may have "lingered in Africa" until about 25,000 years ago. Interesting stuff, especially when another team claims to have similar evidence that Neanderthals reached Asia.

Of course, paleoanthropologists are poo-pooing the whole thing because they haven't found any, well, poo-poo in the fossil record that would indicate such a species.

Bow-chick-a-wow-wow!

posted by Prof. Hex at 5:31 PM

Queens Mystery Donor 

A man in Queens has donated $900,000 to political campaigns and runs 25 shell companies out of his apartment. Nothing to see here folks, move along.

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:33 PM

Lakota tribe members gather to name rare white bison 

I still remember watching Charles Bronson in The White Buffalo when I was a kid. Bronson played Wild Bill Hickok (he's completely miscast but come on, it's Charles Bronson) and Will Samson played Crazy Horse. It's one of those films that has a ton of famous names: Kim Novak, Jack Warden, Clint Walker, Slim Pickens, and John Carradine as an undertaker, the role he was born to play.

 Link.
 

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:11 PM

Monday, July 09, 2012

Students discover Batman's cape gliding technique is fatally flawed 

SLAM!

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:45 PM

Ex-CIA agent claims alien bodies at Roswell 

"It was not a damn weather balloon -- it was what it was billed when people first reported it," said Chase Brandon, a 35-year CIA veteran.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:14 PM

Thursday, July 05, 2012

Bath salts make you run around naked, among other things 

Police in Arizona are attributing a recent spike in crazy naked men to the use of the designer drug known as bath salts.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:00 PM

Al-Qaida linked fighters destroy 'end of the world' gate in Timbuktu 

World cultural body UNESCO was set to create a special fund to protect Mali's heritage on Tuesday after al-Qaida-linked Islamists attacked historic and religious landmarks in the city of Timbuktu for a third day, breaking down the door to a 15th century mosque that -- according to legend -- had to remain shut until the end of the world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:10 PM

When Ice Cream Attacks: The Mystery Of Brain Freeze 

For many people, eating ice cream or drinking an icy drink too fast can produce a really painful headache. It usually hits in the front of the brain, behind the forehead.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:03 PM

Decapitation suspect auditioned for Mystery Road movie on the run 

Accused killer Jonathan Andrew Stenberg showed up on a film set in outback Queensland while on the run two weeks ago and auditioned for a role as a policeman in a serial killer thriller.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:02 PM

The Mysterious Science of Sleep 

Despite spending nearly one-third of our lives asleep, the fundamental function of sleep remains a mystery.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:56 PM

Amelia Earhart expedition optimistic mystery can be solved 

Members of a new expedition on their way to an island in the South Pacific are optimistic they’re finally going to solve the mysterious disappearance of legendary pilot Amelia Earhart.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:51 PM

Bending mountains: Mystery may be solved 

Earth's mountain ranges tend to march across the planet in fairly straight lines, but sometimes these colossal mountain chains make a sudden, dramatic curve.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:46 PM

Unknown illness kills more than 60 Cambodian children, health officials say 

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Cambodian government are investigating the cause of a mysterious illness that has killed more than 60 children from different areas around the country.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:45 PM