In 2008 and at the age of 45, Flea, bass player of the multiplatinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, enrolled as a freshman at University of Southern California’s music program to learn the academic side of music.
In 2008 and at the age of 45…
The Chinese government has…
The Chinese government has an AI survelliance system that uses +20M cameras and facial recognition to track citizens behavior and monitor criminals. They officially named it: “Skynet” – because of Terminator.
Recently, a man accused the MIT…
Recently, a man accused the MIT Technology Review of using a photo of him as an illustration to an article about the hipster effect — a phenomenon whereby all hipsters tend to look the same. The image was not of the man; it was a stock photo of a stereotypical hipster.
A cycling company was seeing a high…
A cycling company was seeing a high number of its bikes getting damaged during deliveries; they solved the problem by making a simple change: printing a flatscreen television screen on the boxes. Damages were reduced by 70%.
Australia has a long history…
Australia has a long history of throwing eggs at politicians. The Australian Federal Police was formed in 1917 after a Prime Minister was egged.
Dylan McWilliams, a 20 year-old from…
Dylan McWilliams, a 20 year-old from colorado, survived a bear attack, a tiger shark attack, and a rattlesnake attack in his lifetime. “I still go hiking, I still catch rattlesnakes, and I will still swim in the ocean”.
When Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony…
When Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered, it was so new and innovative that some music critics didn’t accept it, and one even called it “monstrous and tasteless.”
In 1962 a strange spring was…
In 1962 a strange spring was found in northern Texas. Despite being 500 miles from any coast, it was home to marine species such as crabs, barnacles and seaweed, all isolated thousands of years prior when the sea levels rose and fell. Sadly, all this was wiped out after a dike was built.
From 1953 to 1964, the CIA conducted….
From 1953 to 1964, the CIA conducted completely uncontrolled tests involving drugging people who didn’t know they were being drugged, then following and watching them without intervening.
In 1931 it would take workers…
In 1931 it would take workers three days to unload 13,000 cases of unpalletized canned goods off a ship. With pallets, this same task took four hours.