As ZeroHedge readers are keenly aware, 2008 kicked off the largest financial engineering experiment in history – namely, the beginning of 12.3 Trillion in QE and the lowest interest rates in 5,000 years. The plan, hatched by Bush-era Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke…
On August 14, the after-effects of an extreme cosmic blast rippled through you, me, and everyone we know. But you didn’t feel it. The only instruments on Earth that knew the fabric of space and time was stretching around and…
Photo by chensiyuan When I recently advised that New York City visitors skip Times Square, I was met with righteous anger by people who don’t live in New York. To be clear: You’re allowed to visit Times Square! But you’re…
Twitter announced on Tuesday it was testing one of the biggest changes to the service in its 11-year history. Tweets had previously been limited to 140 characters. Many considered that Twitter’s defining characteristic. But now it’s testing tweets that can…
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef already offers plenty of wonder, but dang, this blue hole is pretty cool. It was apparently found by marine biologist Johnny Gaskell, who said he spotted the blue hole on Google Maps. He went to check…
Image: British Library, Public Domain Scientists have incredibly advanced tools to look at the stars today, but in the era before light pollution, star-gazing was much easier and simpler for the average person—just step outside at night. Pretty early on,…
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, All twelve women who work at the “Show Malilo Night Club” brothel in Arauca, Colombia are from Venezuela. As Venezuela’s socialist economic crisis continues, many Venezuelan women have turned to the sex trade in…
Kano, the company behind a variety of build-it-yourself computer and coding kits, has unveiled a "laptop" today. A portable computer is probably more accurate. Whereas most laptops have a clamshell design, the new "Computer Kit Complete" keeps the screen and…
Oh, Millennials. That unique group that seems constantly to be on marketers’ minds. What are they up to these days? They are shopping and engaging, but in ways different from previously generations, according to an infographic by MergeIn. Some 39%…
Thai space startup mu Space will launch its first geostationary satellite with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the companies announced today at the International Astronautical Congress in Australia. Mu Space, founded by Northrop Grumman Corporation alum James Yenbamroong, will launch its…