Delivery drones could someday hitch rides on public buses to dramatically extend their range in cities. Stanford’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory and Autonomous Systems Lab modeled such a system to see… Read the rest of the article: Delivery drones could hitch rides on public buses
A beautiful $800,000 home in Flushing NYWatch this video on YouTube Here's the listing in Flushing, New York. As the saying goes, bring your contractor! (Rossmann Repair Group)
Rick Astley – Everlong (Foo Fighters Cover)Watch this video on YouTube Rick Astley (yes, that Rick Astley), recorded this lovely cover of Foo Fighters' "Everlong" from his home studio in… Read the rest of the article: Rick Astley covers Foo Fighters' "Everlong" and it's lovely
Today is Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the long-delayed emancipation of enslaved Black people in Texas on June 19, 1865. In the New Yorker, historian and Columbia University journalism professor Jelani… Read the rest of the article: Juneteenth: "Emancipation is a marker of progress for white Americans, not black ones."
Almost Famous – Tiny DancerWatch this video on YouTube Almost Famous (2000) is one of my favorite rock and roll movies of all time. Director and writer Cameron Crowe did… Read the rest of the article: Almost Famous cast and creators reunite for 20th anniversary podcast series
Return of the EwokWatch this video on YouTube In 1982 during filming for Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Ewok actor Warwick Davis and first assistant director… Read the rest of the article: Return of the Ewok, an unreleased mockumentary starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher
People who live with obsessive-compulsive disorder, especially those who have learned to manage it with cognitive-behavioral therapy tools, may actually be psychologically well-prepared for this pandemic. The techniques those of… Read the rest of the article: Obsessive-compulsive disorder as practice for COVID-19
Yesterday, Quaker Oats finally retired Aunt Jemima, their brand mascot, based on a racist stereotype, that the company has unsuccessfully attempted to "modernize" for many years. Not surprisingly, their decision… Read the rest of the article: Say goodbye to Uncle Ben, Mrs. Buttersworth, and the Cream of Wheat chef
Aretha Franklin "Eleanor Rigby" | Archive INAWatch this video on YouTube The queen of soul Aretha Franklin brings the gospel funk to The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" at the 1970 Jazz… Read the rest of the article: Watch Aretha Franklin bring the gospel funk to The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby"
All My Rockets That Didn't WorkWatch this video on YouTube My teenage son and I are both lifelong model rocket nerds but we've never experienced the most dramatic failures seen… Read the rest of the article: When model rocket launches go wrong
During the anti-racist uprising, protestors in the US and England have been toppling statues of historical figures connected to slavery, colonialism, and oppression. (Above, Christopher Columbus taking a dip in… Read the rest of the article: How to safely topple a statue using science
A woman in Glendale, California opened an Amazon box she was expecting but was surprised by the contents: numerous bottles of narcotics like oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine, along with an… Read the rest of the article: Woman received Amazon box filled with narcotics and a form from the Drug Enforcement Administration
In 2018, legendary Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward wrote Fear: Trump in the White House, a brutal look at the current administration. As we know, the story was just beginning.… Read the rest of the article: Bob Woodward has a new Trump book coming and the Prez was interviewed for it
The Nice Jedi – TrailerWatch this video on YouTube From Imperator Cuts, The Nice Guys meets Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. No surprise, but I bet I'd prefer this… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones recut as a buddy cop film
Robot Spy Pig Meets Komodo Dragons – It Doesn't End Well!Watch this video on YouTube BBC Earth's "Spy in the Wild" series (also on PBS) uses animatronic animals outfitted with… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Komodo dragons vs. Robot Spy Pig
In Vienna, a gentleman was fined for farting "with full intent" at police officers. According to the police report, the man was ticketed for "offending public decency." From ABC News:… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman fined for farting at police
Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan Sweden 1988Watch this video on YouTube Leonard Cohen performs "First We Take Manhattan" on Sweden's Kulturen TV program in June 1988. It's perfectly… Read the rest of the article: Freaky 1980s Leonard Cohen TV performance
Donato Sansone "Concatenation 2" film connects a series of acrobatic Olympic athletes' jumps, spins, and dives into "a series of interconnected things or events," which is the definition of "concatenation."… Read the rest of the article: Watch this head-spinning video of interconnected Olympic acrobatics
This original, 300-year-old pair of nerd eyeglasses were destined for a Wellington, New Zealand landfill. Fortunately, the operators of a Wellington City Council thrift shop pulled the frames, an ancestor… Read the rest of the article: Original nerd glasses from 1756 saved from trash, auctioned for $5k
Someone left a package of gold bars worth $190,000 on a Swiss Federal Railways train on its from St Gallen to Lucerne. Authorities have spent nine months trying to find… Read the rest of the article: Lost and found: $200,000 in gold bars
