Despite those beautiful pictures from the New Horizons spacecraft, Pluto continues to be the Rodney Dangerfield of space objects. The latest attack on it comes from a study the journal Icarus where astronomers present their evidence that the former planet and current dwarf planet is actually just a giant comet or, even worse, a giant […]
Do you have a brain implant? If so, you may want to step away from the window during an electrical storm. A new medical report details the experience of a woman being treated for a mysterious nerve condition with deep brain stimulation whose implant was shut down by a lightning strike which also knock out […]
Goblin: One of various hostile supernatural humanoid creatures, usually small and grotesque, mischievous or outright malicious, and greedy for gold and jewelry. That’s the standard definition of a goblin … unless you live in Zimbabwe. Then you can add invisible, stone-thrower, noisemaker and defiler of women to the goblin’s curriculum vitae. At least that’s what […]