19-03-19 Linx of the Preternatural, Prodigious, and Propaedeutic

Survey Says Older Americans Are Having Much More Great Sex (via BestLife)

Moonshine Cannabis - In parts of Appalachia, government officials are spending serious money to root out cannabis grows, but they’re up against geography, culture, and history - including the history of moonshine. (via Cannabis Wire)

Chasing the Apocalypse - Nuclear tourism traces the impressions of unimaginable devastation in the remote Nevada desert. (via Real Life)

The U.S. detects huge meteor explosion. The space rock exploded with 10 times the energy released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. (via BBC)

The World’s first genderless AI voice is here. Siri, Cortana, Alexa, and Google all default as women. But what if AI assistants thought beyond gender norms? (via Fast Company)

19-03-03 Linx of the Preternatural, Prodigious, and Propaedeutic

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A Cannabis High, No Plant Required - Scientists think they can re-create marijuana’s active ingredients with brewer’s yeast. (via The Atlantic found @ digg)

California keeps a secret list of criminal cops but says you can’t have it. Over 12,000 cops on this list. Who are the real criminals? Cops or Bikers? (via Insane Throttle Biker News)

Found in the Cold Mountains of Antarctica: A Warm Weather Lizard Fossil (via Popular Mechanics)

After Living 10 Years Of A Happy Life Man Wakes Up And Realizes He Was Unconscious And Dreamt It All (via Bored Panda)

Behold, The Pizza Omelette - Breakfast Pizza Paradise! (via digg)

Child Explains Why He Built a Nuclear Fusion Reactor in His Playroom and at Age 12 became the World's Youngest Person to Achieve Fusion (via Motherboard)

18 Harmful Foods We Keep Giving to Children (via Bright Side)

Vampire Bikers and Mutant Cloned Cats

Copy Cat, the world's first cloned cat, has kittens and they are not mutated monstrosities much to the disappointment of many anti-cloning activists.

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There's new hope for stem cell therapy that generates cells tissue-matched to the donor. How will the misguided religious zealots try to hamper this research?

Adidas Adicolor campaign produces another eerily beautiful video called Pink that is as creepy as it is mesmerizing.

Scientists discover the gene that controls pain perception and hopes it leads to the development of new drug therapies with less negative side effects.

Just as the Iraqi insurgents are importing "outsiders" and bombers to kill and destroy, the "other side" also hires about 50,000 mercenaries to do their dirty deeds. Here's a mercenary's first-person story.

The race to the moon is more about nuclear supremacy than it is exploration or colonization of space.

What do talking whales and penis transplant reversal have in common? They are both part of the weirdest science stories of 2006.