Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Center for Disease Control posts blog about zombie preparedness!

There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.
Full article: http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

Jesus appears on fish stick in Texas!

They say God is all around and that's certainly the case with believers who claim to have spotted likenesses of Jesus Christ on processed foods like fish sticks and Cheetos.
Full article: http://weirdnews.aol.com/2011/05/17/fish-stick-jesus_n_863120.html#s279704&title=Fish_Stick_Jesus

Astrophysicists say planet twenty light years away may be habitable by humans!

Kirsty Lang explains the unique qualities of the exoplanet Gliese 581d
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13423085

More dermatologist agree...there is no evidence of Morgellan's disease?

mong patients with a diagnosis of delusional skin infestation, neither biopsies nor patient-provided specimens provided objective evidence of skin infestation, according to a report posted online that will be published in the September issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Full article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110516161837.htm

Friday, March 11, 2011

SETI releases Android phone app which allows users to help 'hunt' for aliens

The Seti Institute launched a private beta test on Thursday of SetiQuest Explorer in the hope that amateur astronomers will help with tasks that cannot be done well by computers. The app runs on Android 2.2 but will be available on the iPhone this summer. There is also a desktop version for any computer running Flash Player 10.2. "We want to tap into the brain power of the world," Jill Tarter, director of the non-profit Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute, said.
Full article: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/mobile-apps/2011/03/11/seti-releases-alien-hunting-android-app-40092107/

Founder of the Institute for Security and Cooperation in Space to propose treaty banning weapons in space by Earthlings and aliens!

It's a good thing the outer space battles in "Star Wars" happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away -- because under a new space-based weapons treaty drafted by aerospace and military experts, humans and aliens alike would be barred from waging war above Earth.
Full article: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/11/new-treaty-would-ban-space-weapons-for-earthlings-and-ets/

British Wiccan warlock pleads authorities to release him from indoor probation due to religious reasons

a warlock who worships the goddess of the moon, curfews can be a bit of a hindrance.  So when Cerwyn Jones found himself being punished by a court for carrying a five-inch ceremonial knife in a pub he was quick to plead special Wiccan circumstances.  The 52-year-old was sentenced to four months of staying indoors between the hours of 7pm and 7am.
Full article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365093/Criminal-caught-carrying-knife-curfew-lifted-persuading-court-warlock.html

Astrologers believe 'supermoon' may be at fault for the Japanese earthquake

The powerful tsunami that today slammed into Japan's eastern coast comes just two days after warnings that the movement of the moon could trigger unpredictable events on Earth.  Astrologers predicted that on March 19 - a week tomorrow - the so-called 'supermoon' will be closer to Earth than at any time since 1992, just 221,567 miles away, and that its gravitational pull will bring chaos to Earth.
Full article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1365225/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-Did-supermoon-cause-todays-natural-disaster.html

...but The Bad Astronomer Phil Plait says otherwise about the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and gives links to relief organizations

The magnitude 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan last night has done a vast amount of damage. I’m seeing lots of information scattered around the web, and figured a post listing them might help.  First, if you need info about the quake, CNET has a long list of links for finding lost loved ones, information on the quake in general, and more.
Full article: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/03/11/japan-earthquake-info/

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Children in UK being taught how to prepare for UFO crashes!

here seems to be a growing trend among schools to stage a UFO crash, and then teach students how to react, as well as to “properly” investigate and report on the incident.  It sounds like a lot of fun, and a great way to fire up a student’s imagination as well as writing skills. Hell, I wish we would have done a staged UFO crash at my school.  The latest “UFO drill” took place Wed, Sept 29, at Sandford Primary School in the UK. The kids were treated to a full UFO crash scenario that included wreckage, police tape, and real police officers. (Perhaps it was only lacking men from the government telling the children not to talk about what was seen.)

Full article: http://www.datelinezero.com/?p=4599 

Japanese space probe may have brought extraterrestrial life back to Earth, according to JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency!

Like something out of a sci-fi movie, did alien particles find their way inside a space probe that landed on an asteroid and returned to Earth?  That question was raised last week by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, according to Japanese news agencies. Scientists reportedly found small, odd particles inside Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft, which returned to Earth in June after a seven-year, 3-billion-mile journey that took it to an asteroid and back.

Full article: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/did-japan-space-probe-bring-back-extraterrestrial-life/19666497