Tag Archives: Weird

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has helped YouTuber Steve Mould with the final step in his “weird chain theory”: testing the idea in space. In 2013, YouTuber and science communicator Steve Mould brought the “chain fountain”, an unsolved problem in physics, to the attention of the wider public. The effect, sometimes referred to as the “Mould effect” for his work on …

Checks made out to Americans to the tune of $1,000-$2,000 may be on the horizon, President Donald Trump said recently in an interview with far-right television network One America News.  But experts say the checks would likely be inflationary. “It could kind of be a weird feedback loop where the tariff stimulus justifies passing on more tariff costs,” Chris Motola, …

A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveal that it’s spewing huge amounts of water — and astronomers can’t immediately explain why. The object, which is widely believed to be comet, showed strong ultraviolet emissions that are unmistakable telltales of hydroxyl gas (OH), a byproduct of water, when astronomers imaged it with the with NASA’s Neil Gehrels …

A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveal that it’s spewing huge amounts of water — and astronomers can’t immediately explain why. The object, which is widely believed to be comet, showed strong ultraviolet emissions that are unmistakable telltales of hydroxyl gas (OH), a byproduct of water, when astronomers imaged it with the with NASA’s Neil Gehrels …

The Tesla Model Y Standard’s fabric-covered glass roof has stirred up controversy.  People are saying it’s a case of decontenting gone too far.  Lars Moravy, Tesla’s top engineer, took to X to explain the decision.  Tesla’s been getting lit up left and right for one particular cost-cutting measure it brought its newly unveiled cheaper Model Y: the “closed glass roof.” …

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveal that it’s spewing huge amounts of water — and astronomers can’t immediately explain why. The object, which is widely believed to be comet, showed strong ultraviolet emissions that are unmistakable telltales of hydroxyl gas (OH), a byproduct of water, when …

When Nintendo unexpectedly dropped a cute cartoon about a baby learning how to walk earlier this week, people understandably thought that the game studio might have been teasing a new or animated feature. “Close to You” turned out to be a Pikmin situation instead of a reveal for new IP, and Nintendo has just clarified that the video is actually …

Everybody makes mistakes! That’s life, really, a constant series of tiny mistakes that are sometimes good ones, sometimes bad ones, occasionally purposeful, often not. Here’s one that was very much not purposeful: Pico Park: Classic Edition, a delightful co-op puzzle platformery game you’ve almost definitely seen a bunch of Twitch streamers play during COVID lockdown, is now permanently free. …

Bill Belichick’s days in Chapel Hill may already be numbered.  247 Sports’ Andrew Jones reported that “potential exit strategy discussions” took place at North Carolina on Tuesday as the Belichick experiment goes off the rails.  The school has reportedly had “preliminary conversations” about firing the legendary football coach just five games into the new era, which has included the constant …

It began with a Michael Busch leadoff home run floating through the sky in Milwaukee at a little after 2 p.m. Weird and Wild Daylight Time. It ended with a Josh Naylor bouncer down the first-base line nearly 10 hours later, on the other side of midnight where I live. So what were you doing while all that baseball was …