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This pill-sized robot could cure stomach bugs
Researchers at MIT have developed an ingestible robot that just might be the answer to stomach bugs. The tiny origami robot is a pill-sized ice cube that scientists hope will aid in the delivery of drugs and patching of internal … Continue reading
All we know about the mysterious Meredith McIver
The name Meredith McIver, which suspiciously rhymes with McGyver, was unrecognizable before Tuesday. On Tuesday, everything changed. The New York Times published a story claiming McIver was in part responsible for the plagiarized speech of Donald Trump’s wife Melania, given … Continue reading
Everything we know about the mysterious ghostwriter behind Melania Trump’s plagiarized speech
The name Meredith McIver, which suspiciously rhymes with McGyver, was unrecognizable before Tuesday. Then everything changed. The New York Times published a story claiming McIver was in part responsible for the plagiarized speech of Donald Trump’s wife Melania, which she … Continue reading
Anyway, here’s Tiffany Trump’s pop song
Back in 2011, when a Donald Trump presidency was just just a daydream in his nest-topped head, daughter Tiffany Trump had a different dream: To make pop music. Per Us Weekly, a then 17-year-old Trump appeared on The Oprah Winfrey … Continue reading
Zoo wisely gets in on ‘Pokémon Go’ craze with new signs
If you can’t beat ‘em, catch ‘em all. Zookeepers at the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama have been noticing that many patrons haven’t been paying much attention lately to the animals. Instead, they have been focused on catching Pokémon. So one … Continue reading
86-year-old British woman uses bacon to fend off thief
LONDON — An 86-year-old woman has fended off a would-be mugger with a packet of freshly bought supermarket bacon. SEE ALSO: 10 of the weirdest 999 calls British emergency services received in 2015 The slightly odd incident, which took place … Continue reading
The Rock announces show about ’80s bodybuilders
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is bringing bodybuilders to the small screen. The actor announced Wednesday he is developing a show for USA Network, Muscle Beach, set in “a legendary bodybuilding gym in 1980’s Venice Beach where a colorful tribe of … Continue reading
Another reason Brooklyn rules: Mega-sized Captain America statue
Captain America — the brand, that is, as the hero man isn’t a real person — turns 75 in 2016, and to help celebrate Marvel commissioned Comicave Studios to erect a statue that will live in Cap’s home turf: New … Continue reading
Humpback whale lunges out of the water just inches from a paddle boarder
Just a few more feet and she would have been an accidental meal. Grammy-nominated flutist Viviana Guzman was paddle boarding in California’s Half Moon Bay recently when a feeding juvenile humpback whale gave her a bit of a surprise. As … Continue reading
Soundgarden-Pearl Jam supergroup Temple of the Dog going on tour
Temple of the Dog is getting together for a first-ever tour. The Seattle supergroup, formed in 1990 and composed of Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready, Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell and the drummer Matt Cameron, announced their reunion … Continue reading
