03rd Sep 2013
Monsters of the Modern World: Washer Boggart

Monsters of the Modern World: Washer Boggart

One of the most malevolent creatures a household can get is the Washer Boggart. It inhabits washing machines, and usually goes unnoticed until it strikes. This nasty creature kills numerous...

02nd Sep 2013

Monsters of the Modern World : The Bathroom Was Locked From The Inside

Mr Kent wasn’t used to be late at work, least to skip an entire day without even calling in sick. His office called his home, no one answered. Mr Kent...

02nd Sep 2013
There is no such thing as a Modern Wonder of the World

There is no such thing as a Modern Wonder of the World

The classical 7 wonders were geographically limited to the greco-roman world, and we should, of course, complete them with other ancient marvels like Tiahuanaco, Macchu Picchu, Taj Mahal or Stonehenge....

28th Aug 2013

The long night of Mrs Jones

It was the day before the equinox. Amanda Beverly Jones was driving home from school in her Austin Mini, a car which was the usual target of the kids from...

26th Aug 2013
The day Aliens visited Earth… and left

The day Aliens visited Earth… and left

It was a very ordinary day. Many births, many deaths. Accidents. Crimes. War in the Middle East. People complaining. Rain here, sun there, even a few spectacular storms in some...

24th Aug 2013
No matter what IAU says, Pluto is a planet

No matter what IAU says, Pluto is a planet

On this day, 7 years ago, a group of scientists thought they were authorized to rewrite history. By redefining the definition of a planet, they just erased Pluto from the...

23rd Aug 2013

The four squirrels of the Apocalypse

  What would become of our world if all financial exchanges were to stop all the sudden? There wouldn’t be any damage to our industry, or production ability, or transportation,...

22nd Aug 2013
When men will be mothers and women will be fathers…

When men will be mothers and women will be fathers…

The past 60 years, mankind experienced more changes in their way of life and their vision of the world than in the past 12000 years, since the Neolithic agricultural revolution....

21st Aug 2013

Discover strange new worlds, seek out new civilizations… and destroy them

Space exploration is a great exciting adventure, isn’t it? Well, maybe not for humans. If we keep doing what we do best, being self-centered and careless, we might reproduce our...

20th Aug 2013

Dimensional doors all over the world

A few kilometers from my house, there is a place named, in the local language, “The opening to Nothingness.” I always look for the opening, when I’m there, but I...

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