Exploring the toxic world of ‘female privilege’
By Rachel Thompson for The Face from Mashable It was early on Saturday morning when I crossed the threshold into a quarantined community. I was entering r/TheRedPill, a subreddit dedicated to radical misogyny. This breeding ground of anti-women invective and conspiracy…
Destinations of the week
Seriously weird places around the world By Rachel Mills From Rough guides The world is a weird (and wonderful) place. And from a rose-coloured lake to a Japanese island ruled by cats. 1. Spotted Lake, British Columbia, Canada Spotted Lake has long been…
Scientists create a four-winged robot insect that flies with grace
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s difficult to make an insect-like flying robot — realistic four-winged bots are typically too heavy, while lighter two-winged models tend to fly erratically. USC researchers have edged one step closer to the dream machine, however. They’ve created Bee+,…
Sea floor explorers startled when tubeworm ‘popped out like a jack in the box’ off N.C.
By Mark Price The Charlotte Observer (TNS) From The Dispatch One of the most forbidding ocean-floor environments off North Carolina — a methane gas seep — has been found to host a type of foot-long tubeworm never before seen along…
Somehow a Starbucks coffee cup appeared on ‘Game of Thrones’
By Johnny Lieu From Mashable News from Winterfell. The latte that appeared in the episode was a mistake. #Daenerys had ordered an herbal tea. From the Battle of Winterfell, we saw a true hero emerge in Arya Stark. In Game of…
7 jobs that increase your risk of cancer
from Newsmax By Zoe Papadaxis Could your job increase your risk of cancer? Nearly 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, according to the National Cancer Institute. While most people are aware of the…
Old pocket watches
Gregory Grozos Creates Amazing Miniature Worlds Using Old Pocket Watches (I Love the Mechanisms) From Designer Daily Gregory Grozos uses old pocket watches as the setting for his miniature scenes, creating entire worlds in a tiny space. Although many of these…
3D illusions using tape
Colorful 3D Illusions created using Tape From Designer Daily If one asked me to describe Aakash Nihalani’s work in one sentence, I’d say that the New York-based artist turns flat, boring surfaces into geometric portals, thus creating a new world of possibilities….
Saturn’s moon Titan has a massive strip of water ice, and scientists don’t know why
By Mike Wehner From BGR Like many of the larger bodies in our solar system, Saturn’s massive moon Titan has long been of interest to astronomers due to its unique surface features. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which studied Saturn for over…
Licence to krill: why the US navy trains whales, dolphins and sea lions
By Lauren Aratani From The Guardian UK The US navy has trained dolphins and sea lions since the Vietnam war – ‘technology is no match for the animals’ for certain missions A beluga whale was found off the coast of…