Fragments
Digital folklore, cursed commercials, lost broadcasts, robot bands, and other things that show up when the rest of the world is asleep.
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The Giant Mummified Finger of Egypt
In 1988, entrepreneur and would-be treasure hunter Gregor Spörri allegedly came across something rather incredible in Egypt: a 15-inch-long (38…
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Infrasound: The Fear Frequency
Infrasound is sound below 20 Hz, lower than humans can perceive. But just because we don’t consciously hear it, that…
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Exploring the Sunken City of Heracleion
Once thought to be legend, the ancient city of Heracleion is beginning to reveal its mysteries. Built in the 8th…
Cordyceps: The Most Terrifying Fungus You’ve Ever Seen
Think zombie apocalypses are impossible? Wrong! They happen all the time. To insects. Meet Cordyceps. This is a fungus that…
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A Different Kind of Time Travel: The Music of Today, Yesterday!
I don’t want to spoil the pure awesome that is Bioshock Infinite, but one of the coolest things about the…
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Top 5 Minecraft Science Experiments
Sure, the world of Minecraft can be a pretty dark place. Old, abandoned fortresses, strange urban legends, maybe even a…
The Arecibo Message: Humanity’s Attempt At Reaching Out to Other Worlds
On November 16, 1974, SETI researchers at the Arecibo radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, beamed a message into space.…
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The World’s Earliest Surviving Photograph
There’s something haunting about the world’s earliest surviving photograph. It was created by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce around 1826, titled View…
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Spirit Photography (Or, Ghosts On Film)
In the 1860s, William H. Mumler found something strange in one of his photographs: the ghostly image of someone who…
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Whatever Happened To Dallas Thompson?
Art Bell captured the raw essence of the midnight hour. During his lengthy run on Coast to Coast AM, he…