There's no evidence of any new ape species much less anything that is remotely similar to Bigfoot claims. The most recent living “mystery” primate was the Bili gorillas discovered in 2004 which raised the possibility that they were a new species of gorilla (see Project Mukumbusu). It...
Nope. There aren't any actual reports confirming chupacabra eating habits save for anecdotes from eyewitnesses. The assumption of blood consumption is based on the fact that people are for the most part ignorant about the physical signs of decomposition and scavenging. First, it often appears...
If the point is that a corporate profit-based media conglomerate is a poor means of communicating scientifically accurate information then yes, I agree. Science reporting is usually disappointing and emphasizes the spectacle and omits the details. But this is for science reporting in general...
Well if the Guardian said it...! I mean the Guardian is a well known scholarly source of scientific information. :sarcastic
And New Scientist may be a "science journal" but only in that they write op-ed pieces about science. They are as scholarly and peer reviewed as someone's blog.
While I understand the point of the OP and for the most part agree with most aspects of it I have to admit that the Aztec example isn’t the best argument. The issue of human sacrifice in Mesoamerica is a controversial one for anthropologists, but suffice it to say the reports were likely...
Reading Fireflies, Honey and Silk. Nice, breezy easy reading on the history of human's utilizing insects.
Just finished a bunch of Graeber: Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology, Toward and Anthropological Theory of Value, and Debt: The First 5,000 Years. Absolutely amazing dissections of...
The comic doesn't elaborate on the the origins of the apocalypse at all and Kirkman has said he'll continue this with the tv series and focus on the character's plight instead.
And TWD was published in Oct. 2003 while 28 Days Later wasn't released in the U.S. until July 2003 (in the U.K...
The only magical crystal I'm aware of is crystal meth and let me tell you, that **** is so magical it makes the heroin den I crash at look like a regular Hogwarts!
Yes, the “UFO” is in the original painting, it’s the Madonna Col Bambino E San Giovannino (Madonna and the Child with the Infant Saint John), a 15th cent. Painting attributed to either Jacopo del Sellaio or Sebastiano Mainardi (some art historians believe the painting bears a...