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Sure looks like China has a ship-mounted railgun
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch Ever since Eraser, everyone wants a railgun. Turns out China is no exception. Some photos posted by Dafeng Cao, a Twitter user who keeps close tabs on Chinese military developments, show a ship-mounted gun that…
Orange crocodiles that swim in bat poop are turning into a new species
By Mike Wehner From BGR A very special kind of crocodile calls the Abanda caves in Gabon, Africa, home. The creatures are African dwarf crocodiles, but they might not be for very much longer, because their isolated habitat has prompted…
Monkeys have been successfully cloned in China, but you might not like the reason why
By Mike Wehner From BGR It’s now been over two decades since scientists in Scotland successfully cloned a sheep and named the newborn Dolly. In the years since, the technology that powers cloning has advanced slowly but steadily, and while…
Horrifying video shows a snake wearing a decapitated fish head
BY BRIAN KOERBER From Mashable Today in absolutely horrifying things found in nature: a snake slithering around in a shallow body of water wearing a huge fish head. The clip, which was submitted to the appropriate subreddit r/WTF on Tuesday,…
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Udacity’s ‘flying car’ engineering course starts next month
By David Lumb From engadget Hope you’ve saved up: Tuition costs $2,400 tot Flying cars have always been a goalpost of the future, but last year companies like Toyota, Airbus, DeLorean and Volvo’s parent company invested in or announced plans…
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US: People totally freaked out over the meteor above Michigan
BY SHANNON CONNELLAN From Mashable Was it … Superman? No, but the super bright light in the sky certainly freaked people out. Residents of southeast Michigan reported a white ball of light paired with a loud boom on Tuesday night,…
‘Forbidden fruit’ locked up as Tide Pods meme reaches epic proportions
BY BRITTANY LEVINE BECKMAN From Mashable You know a meme has gone too far when people start sharing images of Tide Pods locked up at their local store.Several retailers including Walmart, Walgreens, Ralph’s, and Food 4 Less have locked up…
There’s a travel agency hiring ‘Professional Slackers’ to get paid to sit around and do nothing
By Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure From Business Insider Travel agency TUI is looking to hire four “Professional Slackers” to sit around and do nothing. The position involves hanging out in a “cozy” office in summery attire with no other…
Supermassive black hole caught burping — twice
From Science Daily Date: January 11, 2018Source:Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)Summary:Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then “burping” — not once, but twice. IMAGE: This is an image of galaxy SDSS…
5 incredibly weird and deadly places you didn’t hear about in school
By JACINTA BOWLER From Science Alert There are plenty of amazing things in this world that you can read about in a textbook – think the pyramids, Pompeii, the Parthenon – but there are also plenty of strange places around…
