It’s hard to picture humble, adorable ladybugs flying over a kilometre over our heads, moving faster than Usain Bolt in a sprint. Nevertheless, radar evidence collected by Dr. Jason Chapman shows the bugs flying with this unexpected extremity.
Author Archive | Victoria Martinez
Dolphins are getting high as fuck on pufferfish
Victoria Martinez on January 1, 2014
Teenagers like to get high — it’s an inter-species thing. That is, it’s not just teenage humans who are fond of experimenting with neurotoxins to experience the world differently. Dolphins do too.
Social rejection really does feel like a kick in the balls: study
Victoria Martinez on October 21, 2013
It turns out that when someone turns you down for a date, it’s scientifically apt to compare the pain to a kick in the balls. At least as far as your brain reacts.
Pabst Blue Ribbon and Twinkies: together at last
Victoria Martinez on January 31, 2013
In a strangely wonderful twist in the tale of the slow demise of Twinkies and Hostess, it now seems that the owners of the excellently-cheap Pabst Blue Ribbon beer will take ownership of the iconic brand.
Scientists studying parasitic worms publish ‘An In-Depth Analysis of a Piece of Shit’
Victoria Martinez on January 7, 2013
The best title on an academic paper you’ll see this month is, without a shadow of a doubt, “An In-Depth Analysis of a Piece of Shit.”