Vice reports that radio operators have received echoes occurring approximately 3 seconds after a broadcast since at least 1927. Broadcasts take about 1/7 of a second to travel around the Earth, so a 3 second delay doesn’t make sense: “Long-Delayed Echoes (LDEs) set… Continue Reading
Vanity Fair interviews dominatrix Catherine Robbe-Grillet and the woman with whom she lives, Beverly Charpentier. Robbe-Grillet is the 83-year-old widow of Alain Robbe-Grillet; writer Toni Bentley describes her thus: “The power she wields, standing at a majestic four feet eleven inches and weighing… Continue Reading
Smithsonian reports: “…a device built by a team in Spain and the U.K. can levitate and manipulate small objects in air, and possibly in water and human tissue, using high-frequency sound waves. The technology holds promise in a variety of… Continue Reading
This article from Bedsider may be inpsirational to sex magicians. “Good food is like good sex—if you take your time and pay attention to detail, it’s going to be extra delicious. So don’t be intimidated by the exotic and/or aphrodisiac ingredients or steps… Continue Reading
For Associated Press, Alberto Arce reports: “Leonel Mendoza fishes every day in a reservoir surrounded by forest and mountains in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. But in recent days, he also has been ferrying curious passengers out to see… Continue Reading
In news relevant to the Halloween season, Atlas Obscura reports: “A surprisingly large number of academic studies—as in, more than one—have applied mathematical modeling to the concept of human-vampire co-existence. Using the depiction of bloodsuckers in various forms of media,… Continue Reading
A collaborative of adult LEGO builders with an interest in historical themes called Brick to the Past built a replica of Hadrian’s Wall, which they exhibited at the Great Western Brick Show. Smithsonian reports: “The attention to detail makes this Lego version of… Continue Reading
In Haunted Crime Scenes, forensics expert Katherine Ramsland and paranormal investigator Mark Nesbitt examine murder implements, victims, killers and crime scenes that reportedly have supernatural components. The list includes such infamous crime sites as The Black Dahlia, Murder Swamp/Torso Killer,… Continue Reading
Smithsonian reports that the earliest known draft of the King James Bible has been unearthed at the University of Cambridge by American scholar Jeffrey Alan Miller. “Forty-seven translators and scholars produced the King James Bible, which was first published in 1611.… Continue Reading
According to Culture24, treasured books from the lost Library of Tudor polymath John Dee will part of a special exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians Museum in January 2016. “Among the curiosities are Dee’s astrological textbooks; he was once… Continue Reading