A star that’s been totally calm for at least five years just suddenly dimmed by 70 per cent over two days, and it doesn’t quite fit any of our explanations Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2205725-a-weird-star-just-rapidly-dimmed-for-a-few-days-and-we-dont-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Bigfoot’s FBI File Reveals Strange Story of a Monster Hunter and 15 Mysterious Hairs
The U.S. government released Bigfoot’s FBI file yesterday … and it’s pretty weird. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65647-bigfoot-fbi-file.html
Please Do Not Feed These Tweezer-Beaked, Hopping Rats Peanut Butter!!!
These kangaroo-like rats turn up their long, toothless snouts at peanut butter, but they love earthworms. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65655-weird-hopping-rats-hate-peanut-butter-love-earthworms.html
Exotic Particles Called Pentaquarks May Be Less Weird Than Previously Thought
sciencehabit writes from a report via Science Magazine: Four years ago, when experimenters spotted pentaquarks — exotic, short-lived particles made of five quarks — some physicists thought they had glimpsed the strong nuclear force, which binds the atomic nucleus, engaging in a bizarre new trick. New observations have now expanded the zoo of pentaquarks, but suggest a tamer explanation for their…
Most Galaxies Are Moving Away from Us As the Universe Expands. Not This One.
Spiral galaxy is getting closer to our own, the Milky Way. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65630-weird-galaxy-creeping-closer.html
UFOs Are Real, But Don’t Assume They’re Alien Spaceships
Aliens shouldn’t be the default explanation for weird stuff in the sky. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65613-ufos-real-but-not-alien-spaceships.html
New Zealand’s New Visa Program Requires Positive Energy and a Business Plan
pacopico writes: Two years ago, New Zealand started what might be the most radical visa program ever invented. It’s called the Global Impact Visa. As Bloomberg Businessweek writes, “You can live in New Zealand or not, do business in New Zealand or not, and stay in New Zealand at the end of the visa term or not. The main requirements are…
Kindergarteners Stumbled Across This 5,600-Year-Old Burial Mound. Archaeologists Are Mystified.
Kindergartners can find some weird things at recess — like a 5,600-year-old buried mound full of ancient skeletons. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65578-kindergarteners-discover-creepy-french-burial-mound.html
‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Movie is Getting Delayed To Redesign the Title Character
Director Jeff Fowler has announced that Paramount had delayed the release of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ by three months, to allow the visual effects team some more time to work on the central character’s redesign. A report adds: To say that reaction to the first ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ trailer was mixed would be overly diplomatic. But at least fans were able to…
Geologists Discover Largest Underwater Volcano, Explain Weird Hum Heard Around the World
A strange seismic event off the coast of Africa has led scientists to a mighty finding: the discovery of the largest underwater volcanic eruption ever recorded. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65545-largest-underwater-volcano-seismic-hum.html