Category: Weird

Do you think the media you follow or the beliefs you hold are completely yours? Uninfluenced even? Well, spoiler alert, you're wrong. The media you follow didn't get your loyalty by taking a chance on something like your brain. No, they manipulated the shit out of that gray matter, yo. By using little tricks here and there, they've influenced you into thinking how they want you to -- and thus keeping you coming back for more.

Time perception matters because it is the experience of time that roots us in our mental reality.

There are 400 billion stars in our galaxy, and astronomers estimate that each has 1.6 planets on average, bringing the total number of planets within the range of 660 billion.  The number of potentially habitable worlds differs according to the source, but most say the Milky Way may have over 60 billion habitable planets.  Based on those huge numbers alone, it seems improbable that we’re alone in space…

Compiled here are some of the least orthodox, but still effective creative processes of eight great minds.

While you may not remember life as a toddler, you most likely believe that your selfhood then—your essential being—was intrinsically the same as it is today.

There’s only one way to avoid any and all criticism: say nothing and do nothing. If you aren’t coming across any critics, you’re probably not headed in the right direction.

The insane part isn't the acceptance of that fact. It's that we actually advocate it by adhering to a strange, universal set of morals that propose to make us better people at the expense of financial growth. And the longer we keep ourselves tied to a flowery idea that's meant to work only in a perfect, honest world, the longer it's going to take to wade out of the sewage. For instance, how many of you have heard ...

For anyone that knows and understands their cat’s behavior, you know exactly when something is out of the ordinary for them. For Sue McKenzie, she knew something was wrong with her cat, Tom, when he suddenly started being much more affectionate than normal, strangely so.

My husband and I study history, specifically the late Victorian era of the 1880s and '90s.  Our methods are quite different from those of academics. Everything in our daily life is connected to our period of study, from the technologies we use to the ways we interact with the world.

Everyone knows Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”—and almost everyone gets it wrong.

We all know that language can affect our behavior. For example, chances are you would react much differently to hearing "Aww, wook at da fuzzy widdle bumblebee!" than you would to "OH MY GOD THERE'S A BEE ON YOUR FACE! RIGHT ON IT!" But language can manipulate you in ways much more subtle than that, and trust us, marketers know it very well. That's why ...

This is the story — kept secret at the time, still largely unreported today — of how the most infamous disease in history broke into New York City in the midst of World War II. This is the story of the ominously-named “Wyoming matter,” and how it took me months to track down evidence it ever happened.

We still have a long way to go when it comes to untangling the mysteries of the Universe. Stuart Clark takes a look at some of the most perplexing questions yet to be answered by science and how close we are to finding the facts about space.

Time and time again, planes, trains, cars and other vehicles go missing and leave nothing but a mystery to follow. These 10 are the eeriest vehicular mysteries, as chosen by our readers.

They say it's a fine line between genius and insanity. And after reading out the super odd habits of some of the most successful people on planet Earth, it's easy to see where that sentiment comes from.

A language universal would bring evidence to Chomsky's controversial theories.

Read on and find out what really bugs super-smart people.

Archaeologists working at the ancient site of Grakliani Hill in Georgia have found inscriptions that may date back 2,700 years—well before the alphabet was known to have been in use in the Caucasus. Researchers say the writing is on the pedestal of an altar to a fertility goddess.

The Mona Lisa's mysterious expression may have captivated the world, but hers isn't the only enigmatic smile Leonardo da Vinci created. Researchers examining an earlier painting by the Renaissance master claim to have unravelled the painter's secret to creating an 'uncatchable smile'. The study reveals how La Bella Principessa, painted by da Vinci before he completed the Mona Lisa in the late 15th Century, uses a clever trick to lure in the viewer.

Consider the sock. Some overlook this mundane undergarment, but don’t let its unassuming nature fool you — the history of hosiery is anything but humble.

Scientists have discovered a huge monolith at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near Italy.

Recurring dreams can really grab your attention in a profound way, especially if they’re bad dreams. They just seem to happen over and over and over again without stopping. Why does this happen? It’s hard to say. Some believe that your subconscious is trying to send you a message through symbolism of the dream. Many believe that once you’ve gotten the message the dream was trying to send to you, the dream stops happening.

Excavations being conducted at the ancient city of Göbeklitepe in Turkey have uncovered an ancient pictograph on an obelisk which researchers say could be the earliest known pictograph ever discovered.

And the statistically significant benefits of chocolate that we reported are based on the actual data. It was, in fact, a fairly typical study for the field of diet research. Which is to say: It was terrible science. The results are meaningless, and the health claims that the media blasted out to millions of people around the world are utterly unfounded.

Beginning to feel like you've exhausted the challenge of the Sunday crossword? Here's a new puzzle to get your teeth stuck into: a 13th century sword with a hidden message.

Everyone dreams. Even animals, science says. As you fall asleep, the unconscious brain takes control. But why can't we remember our dreams?

This sounds like something out of a Dan Brown book, but it isn't: The whole internet is controlled by seven actual, physical keys.

Drop a basketball from a height, you've got a few flights of stairs to descend to retrieve it and you might even owe an apology to an angry passer-by.

It’s a particle so elusive that even the world’s largest physics experiment could only discover it by accident. The pentaquark has at last been found.

If there’s anything that the film “The Mummy” taught us about Ancient Egypt, it’s that you don’t want to mess around with their curses. There is plenty about the ancient civilization that would intrigue and delight us, though, and we are bringing ten of these wondrous facts to you.

Anyone who loves physics knows about String Theory. If, by some miraculous chance, you’ve never heard of it before, well, prepare to be introduced to one of the most interesting and highly contested ideas in physics.

If you believe that you are at the mercy of your genetic code, great news, you’re not. According to the science of epigenetics (the study of how environmental factors outside of DNA influence changes in gene expression), stem cells and even DNA can be altered through magnetic fields, heart coherence, positive mental states and intention. Top scientists around the world agree: genetic determinism is a flawed theory.

I began bemused. The notion that humanity might be living in an artificial reality — a simulated universe — seemed sophomoric, at best science fiction.

A team from Université Lyon-2, led by Mylène Pardoen (Department of Music and Musicology), has reconstructed the soundscape of eighteenth-century Paris.

New revelations expected as Novosibirsk experts share latest ancient finds with world's leading specialists.

Our universe could be just one small piece of a bubbling multiverse.

Try this classic double-roll technique to keep your shirtsleeves tidy, prevent unraveling, and stay cool.

Did it seem like this year was shorter than the last? This interactive timeline explains how your brain’s perception of time might be changing more and more as you get older to make it seem like time is passing by faster than it really is.

Very interesting interview Nikola Tesla and John Smith in which he said: Everything is the Light. In one of its rays is the fate of nations, each nation has its own ray in that great light source, which we see as the Sun. And remember: no one man that existed did not die.

It is believed to be the oldest writing system known to man to date. The cuneiform writing can be found on numerous clay and stone tablets and originated in ancient Mesopotamia. The name Cuneiform, comes from the Latin word cuneus for ‘wedge’ owing to the wedge-shaped style of writing and most likely came into the English language probably from Old French: cunéiforme. Cuneiform writing was completely replaced by alphabetic writing in the course of the Roman era.

How to avoid the ultimate punishment.

In July 1648, during the final clashes of the Thirty Years’ War, the Swedish army looted the city of Prague. Among the treasures they stole and brought with them when they returned home was a book called Codex Gigas. Not only is Codex Gigas famous for being the largest medieval book in the world, but because of its contents, it is also known as The Devil’s Bible.

A book called “Biocentrism: How life and consciousness are the keys to understanding the true nature and the universe” stirred the Internet, stating that life does not end when the body dies, but it lasts forever.

The papyrus fragments rediscovered at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Library include a reminder for an invitation to dinner and a letter to a young man’s mother. The invitation calls guests to dine at “the couch of Lord Sarapis” while the letter written by a young Egyptian man wishes his mother good health and tells her that he thinks of her daily.

Even the professionals sometimes don’t notice the mistakes they make, and it is especially funny to find a Photoshop error in a high end magazine. This list is the sequel of our previous worst Photoshop mistakes and this time we’ve featured other ads as well. You might find this hard to believe but we have 70 of them.

Nobody would deny that Planet Earth could be an eerie place sometimes. There are some places that maybe men aren’t suppose to walk there. Some places are creepier than the others as default even if nothing ever happened there. But those places don’t just sit there and wait till the end of the times. Everytime men walk those places, things just happen… Here are top three “forbidden” places to sane people:

Tim Ferriss thinks his life is an experiment, but give a natural born entrepreneur two years in prison and you'll see real life experiments.

Over the past few years, the press has reported on a number of “time capsule” rooms—perfectly preserved spaces that exist in a state of suspended animation, usually (but not always) after being abandoned and forgotten. Some of these spots have been or will be turned into museums, but nothing will compare to being one of the first inside after decades of decay. These finds also raise a wonderful question: How many other treasure troves are sitting behind locked doors and bricked-up walls, just waiting to be discovered?

Psychologists are taking an increasing interest in the way we all speak to ourselves in our heads. Unpleasant, uncontrollable inner voices can be a feature of mental illness, but private self-talk is a mundane part of most healthy people's consciousness.