David Pescovitz
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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That time when ferocious flocks of seabirds attacked people, inspiring Hitchcock's The Birds
In 1961, the good people of the small town of Capitola, California were terrorized by seemingly-insane seabirds. Eight people reported injuries and countless others ran in fear. Inspired by this st… → Read More
In nick of time, garbage man spotted homeless person dumped into the truck compactor
Yesterday in Huntsville, Alabama, a garbage collector was raising a commercial dumpster to empty it into his truck’s compactor when he happened to glance at one of his onboard camera displays… → Read More
RIP Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials and The Colourfield
Two-tone icon Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, and later Fun Boy Three and The Colourfield has died at age 63. Hall was a beloved cultural pioneer who bridged musical genres and racial divi… → Read More
Steven Spielberg feels guilty about how Jaws made sharks look bad and led to their senseless deaths
In 1975, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws became a massive movie sensation. Unfortunately, its portrayal of a great white shark as a killing machine with an insatiable taste for humans led to run on f… → Read More
People who shaped science in 2022 and ones to watch in 2023
Scientific journal Nature published its list of “Ten People Who Helped Shape Science in 2022″ to highlight key events in science through the compelling stories of those involved.”… → Read More
Human heart found in salt pile
Someone left their heart in Humphreys County, Tennessee. Workers found a human heart in a pile of road salt at a state transportation department facility. Medical examiners identified the heart as … → Read More
Meet the world's shortest man
Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, age 22, is now officially the world’s shortest living man. He’s 2 feet, 1.6 inches tall. Amazingly, he’s only the fourth shortest man ever confirmed by… → Read More
Nobody knows what killed dozens of crows along a Vancouver trail
Visitors to Vancouver’s Central Valley Greenway trail were shocked to find dozens of dead crows along the path. Nobody knows how or why so many crows died in a small area. You might call it&#… → Read More
Antique map of the Mandelbrot set
Benoit Mandelbrot once said, “”Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently.” To help navigate the cha… → Read More
Scientists invent first "Vagina-on-a-Chip"
Harvard bioengineers have invented the first “Vagina-on-a-Chip.” The inch-long device contains living human vaginal tissue and a microfluidic system to deliver a flow of “estrogen… → Read More
Soyuz spacecraft has sprung a bad leak while docked at the International Space Station (video)
The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft currently docked at the International Space Station has sprung a leak. According to NASA, it’s “fairly significant” leak of coolant that led to the post… → Read More
John Waters lists his favorite films of 2022
Film director John Waters, the legendary pope of trash, shared his ten favorite films of 2022 in ArtForum. Here are the top three: 1PETER VON KANT (François Ozon)By far the best movie of the y… → Read More
Here is the wonderfully avant-garde Kate Bush Christmas TV Special from 1979 with special guest Peter Gabriel
On December 28, 1979, BBC TV aired Kate, aka the “Kate Bush Christmas Special.” Then 21-years-old, Kate’s album Lionheart had been released the prior month and she was immersed in… → Read More
Listen to the sound of a Martian dust devil
A Martian dust devil rolled right over the Perseverance rover and the robot’s microphones recorded its strange sound. It’s an otherworldly whisper from 53 million miles away. Perseveran… → Read More
Here are the most popular toys of the year, going back to 1920
Weebles. Monopoly. Cabbage Patch Kids. Lincoln Logs. Playstation 2. Shopkins. Informed by data and archives at the Strong National Museum of Play, Stacker created their list of the “Top holid… → Read More
Moderna's cancer vaccine shows incredible promise
Moderna’s new cancer vaccine combined with an immunotherapy treatment from Merck shows great promise in preventing the recurrence of melanoma and dramatically reducing the risk of death … → Read More
Studio Ghibli announces new Miyazaki film for summer 2023
The next film from Japanese animation icon Hayao Miyazaki is titled “How Do You Live” and is slated to hit theaters on July 14, according to Studio Ghibli. The image above is the only v… → Read More
RIP Krautrock legend Manuel Göttsching of Ash Ra Temple
Manuel Göttsching, leader of Krautrock icons Ash Ra Temple and a pioneer of electronic/guitar music has died at age 70. In the early 1970s,. Göttsching released five influential Ash Ra Temple befor… → Read More
On the set of Titanic, someone spiked the chowder with PCP, sickening director James Cameron and dozens of others
On August 9, 1996 director James Cameron and the cast and crew of Titanic were filming off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia when dozens of people fell ill after dinner. It was initially thought to… → Read More
Scientific video reveals how much toilet water sprays into the air when you flush… and it's disgusting
Scientists have long known that flushing a toilet spews an aerosol mist of particles (including pathogens from feces) into the bathroom air. In new research from the University of Colorado, Boulder… → Read More