by EditorDavid | Jun 13, 2022 | idle
The New York Times tells the story of crop circles, "the mysterious patterns that regularly intrigued people around the world in the 1980s and '90s, prompting speculation about alien visitors, ancient spiritual forces, weather anomalies, secret weapons tests and other...
by EditorDavid | May 2, 2022 | idle
In 1972, photo prints that developed before your eyes were "downright magical," argues Fast Company — "and still meaningful today." A new article at Fast Company points out that while Polaroid went bankrupt twice, and stopped making cameras in 2007, "Then an...
by EditorDavid | Apr 4, 2022 | idle
Slashdot reader alaskana98 writes: In what has become a stubborn sibling to the 'Face on Mars' phenomenon, the legend of the Dark Knight alien satellite has persisted for years and is the fascinating story of a seemingly mundane NASA photo tied together with reports...
by EditorDavid | Dec 27, 2021 | idle
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln pardoned a soldier in the Civil War, and in 1998 that document was re-discovered. But "It was the date that made the document significant," writes Ars Technica: April 14, 1865, "meaning the pardon was likely one of the last official acts...
by EditorDavid | Nov 29, 2021 | idle
Slashdot reader ellithligraw brings the news that the oldest person on earth has died in the Philippines this week at age 124. CNN Philippines reports: Susano was born on Sept. 11, 1897, which was before the country became independent from Spanish rule. As of...
by EditorDavid | May 17, 2021 | idle
xanthos (Slashdot reader #73,578) writes: Our friends over at The Register are reporting a zero day vulnerability for one of the earliest modern computer architectures. Pontus Johnson, a professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, has...
