Fortean Headlines

[EnolaGaia]

In Norway, kids are still making good money cutting cod tongues

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/norway-cod-tongues/index.html

 

[GingerTabby]

NASA fixes Mars lander by hitting it with a shovel


FULL STORY: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/world/nasa-mars-lander-mission-scli-intl-scn/index.html

I'm surprised they didn't turn it off and then turn it on again. That's my Luddite approach to dealing with improperly functioning gadgets.

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Spring in Quarantine or . . .

Buttercups and Daisies and Blueballs!

Donald Peers - as well he might! He does seem to snigger during the song but the label says Bluebells!

 

[Bigphoot2]

NASA fixes Mars lander by hitting it with a shovel


FULL STORY: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/world/nasa-mars-lander-mission-scli-intl-scn/index.html

You can't beat a bit of percussive maintenance.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Scientists find a way to extract color from black

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uob-sfa032720.php

 

[EnolaGaia]

Moonbase builders may end up taking the piss ...
... and using it to construct their lunar habitats.

Astronaut urine to build moon bases

FULL STORY: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/f-sf-aut032720.php

 

[EnolaGaia]

The Bad News ...

Legal marijuana products too strong for pain relief
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200326144354.htm
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The Good News ...

Who Cares?!? ...
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[Mythopoeika]

The Bad News ...

Legal marijuana products too strong for pain relief
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200326144354.htm
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The Good News ...

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I was quite surprised to see a sign up at my local pharmacy today, stating that they supply CBD products.

 

[madmath]

I was quite surprised to see a sign up at my local pharmacy today, stating that they supply CBD products.

CBD isn't necessarily illegal, at least here in New Jersey; I don't know about other states or polities.
I recently tried a CBD-enhanced beer, nothing to recommend there. Shops sell CBD oils and lotions, and some candies and sweets. I suspect they contain an insufficient amount of any chemical to generate any significant effect.

 

[EnolaGaia]

This just in from the "No Shit, Sherlock" desk ...

Being Receptive to Bullsh*t More Generally Can Predict One's Love of Essential Oils

https://www.sciencealert.com/if-you...-then-you-may-have-a-faulty-bullshit-detector

 

[Tribble]

Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ck-up-nose-while-inventing-coronavirus-device

 

[EnolaGaia]

I wasn't aware there were medical researchers seeking ways to foster or promote transplant rejections ...

Mimicking cancer's evasive tactics, microparticles show promise for transplant rejection

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200313180824.htm

 

[Jim]

I wasn't aware there were medical researchers seeking ways to foster or promote transplant rejections ...

Mimicking cancer's evasive tactics, microparticles show promise for transplant rejection

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200313180824.htm

Enola this has been ongoing. My wife is a biologist - med tech. They have to do some extremely thorough testing and work fast for these type procedures, since the patent has a very limited window when organ rejection occurs. I believe they even done it with heart transplants. UR - Strong heads up some of this research locally. Sorry I don't understand the science behind my wife's work, just like she is lost if I talk RF or EM, etc.

 

[Lord Lucan]

They didn't get away no matter how good a driver the dog was...

Man facing charges after high-speed chase on I-5 with pit bull in driver's seat

A Washington state man was arrested Sunday following a high speed chase on Interstate 5 in which the suspect's pet pit bull may have been driving the vehicle during part of the incident, authorities said.

Authorities have not publicly identified the 51-year-old man who is from Lakewood but he is facing several charges, including DUI, reckless driving, hit-and-run and felony eluding, the Washington State Patrol said. It was not immediately clear where he was being held or if bond has been set in the case.

The pursuit began in south King County and wound up in north Snohomish County before the suspect and dog were stopped.

https://komonews.com/news/local/man...ed-chase-on-i-5-with-pit-bull-in-drivers-seat

 

[kamalktk]

Group of friends discover secret camp in Golden Ears Park frozen in time


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/secret-camp-like-a-time-capsule-1.5513515

Three B.C. friends, out for a recent hike together near Alouette Lake, discussed finding a fabled gold stash rumoured to be the in area around Maple Ridge, but came across a different sort of treasure.
Callum Gow, Josh Grossman and Carson Schiefner, all film workers in their early 20s, found a secret camp, fully supplied, that had not been visited in nearly 30 years.

 

[Yithian]

Three B.C. friends, out for a recent hike together near Alouette Lake...

 

[IbisNibs]

I initially read that as Supermarket Massive Black Hole.

It's where all the toilet paper has gone.

 

[maximus otter]

Callum Gow, Josh Grossman and Carson Schiefner, all film workers in their early 20s, found a secret camp, fully supplied, that had not been visited in nearly 30 years.

Do I sense the premise for their low-budget Indie found-footage flick?

maximus otter

 

[EnolaGaia]

This one gave me pause until I found out what it was really describing ...

Undersea Telescopes Scan the Sky from Below

Spoiler: What It's Really Describing

Submarine neutrino detectors will hunt for dark matter, distant star explosions, and more
FULL STORY: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/undersea-telescopes-scan-the-sky-from-below/

 

[EnolaGaia]

'Nature's Smallest Rainbow' Found on Australian Spider's Butt
https://www.livescience.com/61318-peacock-spider-smallest-rainbow.html

Here's another one - both another peacock spider story and another WTF headline ...
'Starry Night' replica found on peacock spider's butt

Spoiler: The Explanation

Now, an entomologist with Museums Victoria in Australia has described seven brand new species of peacock spiders ... Included among the new species is the looker shown in the photo above — Maratus constellatus, which entomologist Joseph Schubert named in honor of the twinkling blue-and-yellow heavens in Vincent Van Gogh's iconic painting "The Starry Night."

FULL STORY: https://www.livescience.com/peacock-spider-van-gogh-butt.html

 

[IbisNibs]

<Sniff> That image has more in common with Georges Seurat's pointillism technique as it does with van Gogh's swirly Starry Night stars. Just can't trust anything a science writer says these days.

 

[uair01]

Train operator at the Port of Los Angeles tried to crash his train into the Navy Hospital Ship, Mercy, because he wanted to "wake people up" and didn't believe "the ship is what they say it’s for."

Train Operator at Port of Los Angeles Charged with Derailing Locomotive Near U.S. Navy’s Hospital Ship Mercy

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/p...-derailing-locomotive-near-us-navy-s-hospital

 

[IbisNibs]

I guess that's yet another person out of a job . . .

 

[ramonmercado]

Coronavirus: Will jugglers and clowns harvest fruit and vegetables?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52109833

 

[tuco]

Coronavirus: Will jugglers and clowns harvest fruit and vegetables?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52109833

Any soft fruit and vegetables will be ruined by the time it gets to the shops !

 

[gordonrutter]

Coronavirus: Will jugglers and clowns harvest fruit and vegetables?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52109833

Do these fruit and veg taste funny to you?

 

[EnolaGaia]

Scientists Made A Drone To Capture Whale Snot

Spoiler: The (Quite Cool) Explanation

Right now, whales are facing myriad threats, from pollution and getting tangled in fishing gear, to warming and acidifying oceans. To understand how those threats are affecting whales, scientists need data. And to get that data, they’ve come up with a drone that can capture whale snot.

Whales push out massive amounts of snot—or more scientifically, “exhaled breath condensate”—through their blowholes. That mucus-like substance is sticky and nasty, but it’s also rich with biological information: DNA, stress and pregnancy hormones, and microbiomes, among other indicators of health.

So how do you collect whale snot? I present to you, the SnotBot.

FULL STORY: https://earther.gizmodo.com/scientists-made-a-drone-to-capture-whale-snot-1842664463

 

[EnolaGaia]

Heavy-metal alien planet may be shaped like a football

Read about it over in the Astronomical News thread:

https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/astronomical-news.19841/post-1950779

 

[Ogdred Weary]

Oh great, while the Yosemite caldera is throbbing.

Phwoar!

 

[Tribble]

Archers fan event invaded by Nazis and pornography


https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52243209