Archive for May 2nd, 2020

Taddy the Snowskating Cat

Snowskating is like snowboarding, except it incorporates skateboard tricks done in the snow. That sound difficult enough, but even a cat can do it. Yeah, this is no ordinary cat. Phil Smage's cat Taddy loves snowy weathe...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/02/Taddy-the-Snowskating-Cat/

How 13 Seconds Changed Kent State University Forever

Embed from Getty ImagesMonday, May 4 will be the 50th anniversary of the anti-war demonstration on the campus of Kent State University in which four students died when they were shot by Ohio National Guardsmen. An elab...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/02/How-13-Seconds-Changed-Kent-State-University-Forever/

Nebula-75

Remember those "supermarionation" TV shows of the 1960s like Thunderbirds and Fireball XL-5? Of course you do. And they are back  ...in a slightly different mode. The folks from Century 21 Films, w...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/02/Nebula-75/

The Historic Music Challenge

The Pudding launched an online music challenge that's a lot of fun and contributes to data you may find quite interesting. How well do you recognize hit songs from the past 60 years? Enter your birth year and listen to w...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/02/The-Historic-Music-Challenge/

Coming Soon: The Glow-in-the-dark Garden

We know how some insects, fungi, and sea creatures harness bioluminescence to glow in the dark. Pretty soon, we might see genetically-modified garden plants that also produce their own light. Scientists have experimented...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/02/Coming-Soon-The-Glow-in-the-dark-Garden/

True Facts: Killer Surfing Snails

Ze Frank tells us about the life of Abigail, a snail of the Olivella semistriata species. Watch as she deploys her snot-net to catch something to eat, and swim-walk-fly around the tidewaters. But don't get too a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/02/True-Facts-Killer-Surfing-Snails/

The Bizarre Case of the Professor and the Reanimated Corpse

Like his father before him, Friedrich Christian Juncker was a professor of medicine at the University of Halle in Germany. This was in the 18th century, when procuring human corpses for anatomy class was a dicey undertak...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/02/The-Bizarre-Case-of-the-Professor-and-the-Reanimated-Corpse/

Forget the Parents; it's the Kids who will Stop the Pandemic

We’re coming up to a really dangerous point at this pandemic because frustrated families might just start to ease restrictions before they should, something that would put many people in danger. While most people t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2020/05/02/forget-the-parents-it-s-the-kids-who-will-stop-the-pandemic/
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