Okay, so I took a couple of weeks off to visit the family, but it’s time to get back into the weird and strange things than have happened while I was goofing off.
Odd Astronomy and Space News
- Supermassive Black Hole Confirmed: Man, that really sucks. Okay, easy joke.
- Mars getting warmer, orbiter data suggests: Mars Republicans claim “Mars not getting warmer, space is getting colder” and blames liberal Martian media.
- NASA Aims for Moon by 2018, Unveils New Ship: So, after all that Shuttle research, NASA is basing their next design off Apollo. That’s forward-thinking!
Strange Nature Stories
- Fish Tongue-Eating Parasite Spreading?: Gross, but cool.
- Bird Sings Complex Harmonies: That puts the birds ahead of Britney Spears and Mariah Carey.
- Ants Use Acid to Make “Gardens” in Amazon, Study Says: I need a colony of these ants for my garden.
- Rare White Giraffe Spotted in Africa: Apparently, it isn’t an albino giraffe, just a pigment-challenged one.
- Suicide Grasshoppers Brainwashed by Parasite Worms: Make sure to see the related video.
- Damselfly Mating Game Turns Some Males Gay: Sort of the damselfly equivalent of “I’ve got a headache.”
- Female Bat Relatives Share Mates: Do these bats live in Arkansas and Tennessee?
Finally, Bigfoot flips the bird.
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