Science Codex | Science news, science articles, all day, every day 10 Mysterious Urban Legends Based on Video Footage Mysteries An urban legend is a term used to describe a tale that has been passed down over the years. It is usually presented as a true story and evolves over time. Urban legends follow modern trends and represent current anomalies, such as alien encounters, unexplained animals, botched medical producers, theft, murder, weird pictures, and bizarre videos. Urban legends usually present a cautionary tale and have a specific plot. The Grifter is an urban legend that began to circulate on the Internet in 2009. It has been said that the video was recorded in the 1930s and portrays a collection of strange pictures and sounds. A few years back a video surfaced on the Internet of a police chase in Garden City, Georgia that has been dubbed the ghost car. The driver was never captured and it was revealed that the area beyond the fence was wooded with no roads. The body language of Squidward is depressed. Chaplin Time Travel Video Cuero, Texas Chupacabra
MeCam $49 helicopter follows you and streams live video to your Android A company you've probably heard of before called Always Innovating is working on a pretty awesome little project for smartphones. It's called the MeCam and is essentially a mini helicopter they're calling a Nano-Copter complete with video recording and streaming capabilities. The MeCam is designed to follow you around and record every moment. You can stream that video right to your Android phone and even share it to your social site of preference or YouTube. This is instantly one of those "shut up and take my money" devices because it looks awesome. The best part about this quadcopter is Always Innovating hopes to eventually sell this unique device for just $49. The MeCam will be your own personal paparazzi, or your cheaper alternative for Google Glass - since that will be costing an arm and a leg. [via Liliputting]
The Frightening Photographic Journey of Brothers Grimm Homeland Photographer Kilian Schönberger takes us on a journey into the scary tales of the Brothers Grimm. This fascinating series of photographs was shot by Kilian as he traveled through the remote middle areas of Europe, the same areas that inspired the Brothers Grimm to write their series of eerie tales. The pictures capture the essence of the land with a combination of rugged beauty and sinister appeal as shadows stretch forth from tangled trees. Kilian Schönberger is a masterful landscape photographer with a knack for capturing the story hidden in the scene.
Voices - Therese J. Borchard - Beyond Blue “Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered am I” wrote US songwriter Lorenz Hart about the feeling of infatuation. It’s blissful and euphoric, as we all know. But it’s also addicting, messy and blinding. Click here to continue reading this post. When does reciting scripture become a symptom of neurosis? Click here to continue reading this post. One of my mom’s best pieces of advice: “Hang with the winners.” Click here to continue reading this post. For people prone to depression and anxiety – i.e. human beings – the holidays invite countless possibility to get sucked into negative and catastrophic thinking. Click here to continue reading this post. 10 Bizarre Events and Discoveries Many strange and unexplained events have been documented in modern history, events that raise important questions and baffle world populations. These events are often times initiated by a bizarre archeological discovery, strange recording, or unsolved murder. This article will be describing 10 strange and bizarre world events and discoveries. The humanzee is a hypothetical chimpanzee and human hybrid. The DNA sequence of a human is very similar to a chimpanzee. Research conducted by J. Many reports have indicated that Oliver prefers human females over chimps. Unexplained Geoglyph The Marree Man, or Stuart's Giant, is an enormous geoglyph discovered by air on June 26, 1998. In the weeks following the discovery, several anonymous press releases suggested that the Marree Man was created by people from the United States. The plaque was discovered in the suggested location. Unexplained Explosion Recorded On July 16, 1945 the first nuclear weapon was tested near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
300-million-year-old UFO tooth-wheel found in Russian city of Vladivostok Nowadays, finding a strange artifact in coal is a relatively frequent occurrence. The first discovery of this sort was made in 1851 when the workers in one of the Massachusetts mines extracted a zinc silver-incrusted vase from a block of unmined coal which dated all the way back to the Cambrian era which was approximately 500 million years ago. Sixty one years later, American scientists from Oklahoma discovered an iron pot which was pressed into a piece of coal aged 312 million years old. The metal detail which was recently found by Vladivostok resident is yet another discovery which perplexed the scientists. When geologists broke the piece of coal in which the metal object was pressed into and spot-treated in with special chemical agents, it turned out that the metal detail was unusually light and soft. Another question that interests Russian scientists is whether the aluminum alloy is of Earthly origin.
Rare Historical Photos A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897. Albert Einstein looking fabulous. Here's his report card! Samurai taken between 1860 and 1880. A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941 Roy O. and Walt Disney on the day they opened Disney Studios. Che Guevara. The Microsoft staff in 1978. The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed in 1933. A different angle taken of "Tank Man," the man who stood against a line of tanks in Tiananmen Square.He is standing in the street between the tree trunk and the fleeing man.You can see the tanks approaching from the right. Winston Churchill out for a swim. The London sky following a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940. Martin Luther King, Jr removes a burned cross from his yard in 1960. Google begins. Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945. A Native American overlooking the newly completed transcontinental railroad in 1868. The Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906.
No Conflict: Transparency and Morals Consider this scenario: You have been sick for some time, more debilitated by the month, and doctors are scratching their heads. Finally, in pain and exhausted, you find a specialist who figures it out. Your ailment is very serious, but the good news is that it can be treated with a new drug. The doctor writes a prescription, but as he hands it to you, he says: “Just so you know, the company that makes this drug also funds a research project of mine.” This is a classic conflict-of-interest, and most people would applaud this physician for voluntarily disclosing his personal interest here. Or do you head to the pharmacy? Many would head to the pharmacy, despite knowing of their doctor’s conflict. Does that mean that mandatory disclosure of conflicts is a bad idea? You are involved in a complex legal case, and have already spent a lot of money on legal fees. This is a case of unavoidable conflict, whereas the medical case above is a case of avoidable conflict. Disclosure backfired.
Strange Artifacts, The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica Introduction One of the strangest mysteries in archaeology was discovered in the Diquis Delta of Costa Rica. Since the 1930s, hundreds of stone balls have been documented, ranging in size from a few centimetres to over two meters in diameter. Some weigh 16 tons. Balls in the Courtyard of National Museum, San José, Costa Rica. The spheres number over 300. The stones may have come from the bed of the , to where they were transported by natural processes from sources of parent material in the Talamanca mountains. Debunking the "Mystery" of the Stone Balls by John W. The stone balls of Costa Rica have been the object of pseudoscientific speculations since the publication of Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods in 1971. Although some of these authors are often represented as having "discovered" these objects, the fact is that they have been known to scientists since they first came to light during agricultural activities by the United Fruit Company in 1940. Frequently Asked Questions
Great Circle Mapper 5 Haunting Photographs Photos are far scarier than video or motion pictures. There I said it. My opinion on this arises from the fact that through my years I have seen a number of things in film and video that have disturbed me but few of them plagued my thoughts for more than an hour or so afterwards. Here are 5 photos: Whether of dubious authenticity or painfully real, all of them spooked me, profoundly saddened me or left me speechless long after I first saw them. ** Note:The lead photo isn’t among my choices. This is a shot from Jason Eskenazi ‘s book ‘Wonderland: A Fairy Tale of the Soviet Monolith’ . Holy Fuck! These Victorian death era photos were common practice in the 1800’s especially it seems when the loved one who died was a child. This is the saddest and maybe the most indelible of the bunch. Demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren and Photographer Gene Campbell set up motion sensitive infrared cameras on the second floor stairwell of Amityville’s most allegedly haunted residence.
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