Rise of the Preppers: Fear of Catastrophe Spawns Resourceful Subculture

The year is 2012.  Not since 2000 has there been a year that has given rise to such a visceral reaction among doomsday prophets, end time enthusiasts and apocalypse panic.  The Mayans say that this is the year when everything comes to a head.  Harold Camping’s followers have set a new date for the end [...]

Photographer Captures Amazing Image of Space Station Near the Moon

Using a SLR digital camera, NASA photographer Lauren Harnett has managed to capture an otherworldly photo of the International Space Station in front of the Moon. In the photo, the ISS looks close enough to the moon to collide, but in reality the moon was about 200,000 miles away from the station. Not many people [...]

Thomas Edison’s Predictions for 2011: How Close Was He?

2011 is almost in the history books, and 2012 looms on the horizon.   Amazing advancements have taken place over the past century, but just what did great minds from 100 years ago expect we’d see by the close of this year? On June 23, 1911 the Miami Metropolis published predictions about the year 2011 from Thomas Edison.  [...]

Star of Wonder: Comet Lovejoy Lights Up Christmas Skies

Stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere saw a dazzling display this year on Christmas.  The recently discovered Comet Lovejoy (discovered on Dec. 2 by amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy of Australia) lit up skies from Australia to Chile, and breathtaking images were captured as it passed. On December 21, Lovejoy was witnessed by International Space Station Commander [...]

New Study Claims Shroud of Turin is Authentic

For many, the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin has never been up for debate.  The relic that has been prized by many Christians as the burial shroud of Jesus Christ has been under scrutiny since it first gained widespread attention.   Scoffers rely on radiocarbon dating conducted in 1988.  This controversial test was performed using [...]

From Vaccination to Assassination: Dr. Mary’s Monkey

A secret laboratory in New Orleans…a cancer causing monkey virus…..the grisly and unsolved murder of a brilliant doctor….Lee Harvey Oswald and the Kennedy assassination. All of these mysterious clues come together to create one of the most mind boggling tales of true crime on a scale so grand, it begs to be the stuff of [...]

Athens of the South: Nashville’s Parthenon

Recently, I took a vacation to Memphis, Tennessee to visit a friend.  During my time there, we needed to make a stop in Nashville for a business event.  Without much time to spend in the Music City, we bypassed the normal tourist destinations;  Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, etc.   However, while searching [...]

Former Skinhead’s Extraordinary Transformation

Bryon Widner spent much of his early life being bullied.  In his late teens, his intense anger manifested in extreme hatred.  Rather than managing his inner turmoil by confronting his past, he expressed that rage outwardly, and became involved in the white supremacy movement. As a skinhead, Widner admits that he caused many people pain [...]

2,000 Year Old Bell Rings Again in Jerusalem

A tiny bell measuring only about one centimeter in diameter has been found in Jerusalem’s Old City by Israeli archaeologists. Preserved in a Roman-era sewer underneath the city, the bell was likely part of a wealthy resident’s clothing and fell off, rolling into the sewer below.   The Book of Exodus mentions that many High Priests [...]

Amazing NASA Photo: Milky Way Over Abandoned Kilns

What at first glance appears to be an otherworldly view of a strange cosmic civilization, is actually a breathtaking NASA photo of our galaxy and other celestial wonders behind historic kilns in rural Nevada.  From the description: Explanation: What’s that below the Milky Way? Historic kilns. Built in the 1870s in rural Nevada, USA to [...]

Second Dust Storm Sweeps Through Phoenix

Earlier this month, Phoenix made headlines with the massive dust storm that engulfed the city.  With everyone overjoyed with their new buzzword “haboob” (the technical name for a dust storm like this), people seemed to consider it a rather light-hearted albeit fascinating singular event. On Monday evening, another wall of dust made its way through [...]

Run for your Lives: This is an Image of a Real Creature!

This horrifying image is of a a worm found in a hydrothermal vent at the bottom of the ocean.  The photo was captured by a Quanta Scanning Electron Microscope, which can magnify things up to one million times. Read more:   This Terrifying Monster Is a Real Animal

Asteroids and Space Junk: A Week of Close Calls in Space

The chances of having two close shaves between humans and items from space in a matter of days must be astronomical, and yet that’s exactly what has happened in recent days. First, it was discovered that Earth was buzzed by an asteroid on June 27.   The space rock, named asteroid 2011 MD, managed to come [...]

The Future Has Arrived: Femme-Bot Tries On Your Clothes

Shopping online is the wave of the future.   But you just never know if the item in the photo is going to fit properly until it arrives at your home.  Until now.  Kiss those annoying returns good-bye.  The new Fits.me mannequin literally shapeshifts to your specific size to give you a virtual glance at your [...]

Vampire Stars Discovered in Our Galaxy

In the vastness of space, some stars feed from the energy of other stars to maintain a youthful appearance.  These “vampire” stars burn bright and blue, even as the stars around them slowly fade.  Although they were formed around the same time, it is the cannibalistic vampires that stand out, with their beauty blotting out [...]

Shark Whisperer: Woman Feeds Great White Shark by Hand!

Oh HECK no! As I’ve discussed previously on Extraordinary Intelligence, I am terrified of sharks.  The fear is somewhat irrational given the fact that I live in one of the most landlocked areas of North America, and have only been to the ocean once in my life.  Along with my fear of sharks, is a [...]

Plains Milky Way: Stunning Time Lapse Video of the Night Sky

Nothing in Hollywood’s bag of CGI tricks can come close to duplicating what one man has created from his South Dakota farm under nature’s magnificent canopy of stars. Randy Halverson spent three weeks shooting and stringing together hundreds of photos to create the masterpiece he calls Plains Milky Way.  The view from his farm in [...]

Tunnel Discovered Under Temple in Teotihuacan

My favorite ancient city is Teotihuacan.  Mainly because I love to say its name.  Teotihuacan.  Pronounced Tayo-tee-wah-kahn. Say it a few times and you’ll be hooked. Located in the central valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan was a religious and commercial center that reached its zenith in the years 300-600 AD.  It is the largest urban site [...]

Howl at the Super Moon

Well, so far the Super Moon has been pretty uneventful.  I stepped outside to try to catch a glimpse and perhaps a picture… to no avail.  I guess it is too overcast in my neck o’ the woods to see the Super Moon, which makes it all the less super.  At least for me.  See [...]

Super Moon Saturday: Cause for Concern?

Saturday, March 19 will be a special day.  On this day, the moon will be the closest it has been to the Earth in 18 years. It will also be at its fullest.  In the 1970′s , astrologer Richard Nolle dubbed this event the “Super Moon”, and this year it has some people wondering if [...]

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