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Astroid Defense – Our Best Options for Defending the Planet

Nope, it’s not a remake of the classic video game or the next Sci-Fi SyFy TV movie.  The possibility of an astroid striking the Earth is a very real possibility.  Recently a large astroid passed with in 50,000 miles of Earth.  Given the vastness of space, that distance is almost too close for comfort.  The problem [...]

Paraplegic Walks After Spider Bite

After being confied to a wheel chair for 20 years, a California man is walking again.  According to the report the man was bitten by a Brown Recluse and as a result needed to be hospitalized.  After being admitted a nurse noticed a spasm in his leg, upon further testing it was reviled that he had regained some feeling [...]

Google Shoots Down Atlantis Find

Frequent users of Google Earth know that there are many unusual things waiting to be found, everything from crop circles to sunken ships.  Last week, many were speculating that the lost city of Atlantis had been found using Google Earth.  However, Google has come forward to explain what exactly your seeing on the map. As it [...]

Fish with a Transparent Head

No, its not something they fished out of some radioactive sludge somewhere, it is actually interesting solution to the problem of keeping things from sneaking up on you.  The Macropinna microstoma or “barreleyes” as it is more commonly known has a transparent head and elongated eyes.  Its transparent head allows the eyes, which the fish can rotate, to see above [...]

Satellites Collide in First Ever Major Mid-Space Collision [UPDATED]

In has been reported as an unprecedented event, two satellites recently collided in orbit, producing a large debris cloud. According to spaceflightnow, “a commercial Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite ran into each other Tuesday above northern Siberia, creating a cloud of wreckage, officials said today.” U.S. STRATCOM which tracks thousands of objects [...]

Touchscreen Rubik’s Cube

Everything these days seem to be getting the touch screen treatment.  The Techno Source Touchcube is exactly what it sounds like.  A touch screen powered Ribik’s cube.  Its very cool and very pretty.   It works just like a normal Rubik’s cube except to rotate the blocks simply swipe your finger over the section you wish [...]

ICFTW Links: Jurassic Park Edition

Will We Clone a Dinosaur?: Time.com ponders the question.  The idea of using old DNA found in ancient blood to rebuild a dinosaur has been around awhile.  However, with this new theory would use “pseudogenes”, copies of old discarded genes to effectively step back in time.  This concept combined with several others could prove to key to recreating a long extinct [...]

Help us find the Weird and Unusual

Gentleman, behold!  A new feature arrives for icftw!  I’ve realized for awhile I’m only capable of seeing a tiny fraction of the weird stories that appear on the web.  In an effort to help remedy this we’ve added a link submission feature.  If you would like to submit a weird news story or picture simply [...]