Taiwan doctor finds four sweat bees living inside woman’s eye
From BBC A Taiwanese woman was found by doctors to have four small sweat bees living inside her eye, the first such incident on the island. The 28-year-old woman, identified only as Ms He, was pulling out weeds when the…
Astrophysics milestone: First photo of black hole expected
From Newsmax Scientists are expected to unveil on Wednesday the first-ever photograph of a black hole, a breakthrough in astrophysics providing insight into celestial monsters with gravitational fields so intense no matter or light can escape. The U.S. National Science…
Cayman Brac Study offers insight into biological changes among invasive species
by University of Plymouth From EurekAlert A remote island in the Caribbean could offer clues as to how invasive species are able to colonise new territories and then thrive in them, a new study suggests. Scientists from the University of…
Why Garfield phones have littered French beaches for 35 years
By Steve Dent From engadget There’s no better symbol of plastic ocean pollution and ’80s consumerism gone wild than the Garfield phones of Brittany. The handsets, in the form of the aggressively unfunny cat, have been washing up on French beaches for decades. However,…
Crochet sculptures
The Stunning Crochet Sculptures of Caitlin McCormack From Designer Daily When someone mentions crochet in a conversation, chances are that your first thoughts are for an old lady who seems to be doing it all the time. Caitlin McCormack does another…
Exposing cheese to round-the-clock hip hop music could give it more flavor, according to Swiss researchers
By Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani, Reuters From Business Insider Swiss researchers exposed wheels of Emmental cheese to round-the-clock music in order to determine its impact on aroma and flavor. Nine wheels of cheese were placed in separate wooden crates…
Gadget of the week
Robots are playing ASMR-infused techno at SXSW By Jessica Conditt From engadget Moritz Simon Geist is a new breed of conductor. In 2012, Moritz Simon Geist left a promising career as a research engineer in Germany to build robots and…
Paleontologists found a new species of dinosaur, and it’s just a little fella
By Mike Wehner From BGR Finding the scant remains of dinosaurs that roamed the Earth tens of millions of years ago obviously isn’t easy. Finding the remains of entirely new dinosaurs that nobody even knew existed? That’s even harder still,…
Amy Klobuchar apparently ate salad with a comb and then made her staffer clean it
By Chloe Bryan From Mashable The New York Times published a story Friday detailing the harsh, occasionally demeaning manner in which 2020 presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar has treated her staff. There are a lot of disturbing details in the report, including accounts of…
Bizarre Invention #179
Steven M. Johnson’s Bizarre Invention #179: Socioeconomic-Class-Based Dining BY STEVEN JOHNSON From Core77 For more on this story go to: https://www.core77.com/posts/84410/Steven-M-Johnsons-Bizarre-Invention-179-Socioeconomic-Class-Based-Dining?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%29