Nuclear bombs on the Moon, magnetic belly buttons, the Terrascope, and a robotic tail are some of the things that make up this palindrome edition of Recommended Links, a weekend classic. Plus videos, galleries, and other viral content.
Project A119, the crazy idea of launching a nuclear bomb on the Moon: "In order to boost the morale of the American population, the Air Force devised the strange plan of launching a nuclear bomb on the Moon. The initiative was called Project A119. Under the name 'Study on scientific flights to the Moon', Project A119 wanted to use a bomb similar to the one dropped on the city of Hiroshima a few years earlier."
The mystery of magnetic belly buttons: "Although its function is unknown, these large stone monoliths, which sometimes represent a plump deity and other times just a head, a team of researchers from Harvard University has just discovered that they hid an interesting secret. They were built with magnetized rocks, probably due to lightning strikes, and designed so that some of their protruding parts accumulated most of the magnetized material."
The 'Terrascope', using Earth as a giant telescope: "The Earth is surrounded by a dense atmosphere that refracts light. This is why every time we see the Sun set over the horizon, it has actually been below it for a while, and it is the refraction of light that allows us to keep seeing it. Therefore, Earth's atmosphere acts like a lens, although there aren't many useful applications for this phenomenon. But what if we used the entire Earth's atmosphere as a giant lens?"
People who hear, but do not listen: "We know that wall people abound, those with an impenetrable attitude who don't give, don't attend, and don't want to understand. However, there are others who seem accessible, even close, but we soon perceive that their interest is not sincere and they often drift into mere false condescension. Not knowing how to listen, not practicing active listening, generates not only a high level of dissatisfaction."
This paragraph from 'Brave New World' explains the modern tragedy: "Huxley understood that in the 'future' we were going to be controlled not through force, violent repression, or the suppression of information, but above all through distraction and entertainment. The following paragraph reads ominously, even though as early as 1932, when the novel was first published, there were signs that serial production - Fordism - required constant attention to products and, therefore, an association of happiness with consumption."
The bizarre life of the owner of 8chan, the war veteran who has a pig farm and is in charge of one of the most controversial websites on the Internet: "Before creating websites, Watkins was in the United States Army for almost 20 years. It was in the army where Watkins learned about computers and, eventually, about the flourishing Internet. His first foray was into a pornographic website owned and operated by his brand-new company NT Technology. More specifically, Watkins created a porn webpage aimed at circumventing Japanese censorship laws."
12 strange materials used to make books: "Numerous authors and artists have tested the limits of what we understand as a book using the most diverse materials, from cloth to glass, through cheese or ice. Does making a book with materials other than paper and ink add anything, or is it just a convoluted trick to attract attention? What is clear is that artist books should, at least, rethink the concept of a book."
This robotic tail improves balance and agility of anyone who wears it: "There are many companies that make wearable tails for humans, but they are generally for cosplay or other entertainment activities. Researchers at Keio University in Japan have created a portable animated tail that promises to genuinely increase the user's capabilities, not just appearance, by improving their balance and agility."
Scientists record an ant sting and reveal one of its biggest mysteries: "The video was the first close-up recording of these tiny animals, capturing two specific species, the trap-jaw ants (Odontomachus ruginodis) and Florida harvester ants (Pogonomyrex badius). To record the moment, biologist Adrian Smith from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences used a thin film of wax for them to penetrate with their sting."
The auctorati, professional gladiators with fixed pay and commissions for objectives: "It's easy to think, especially because of the artistic licenses of film or books, that these gladiators were slaves, prisoners of war, or criminals forced to fight in the arena, but there were also professional gladiators: the auctorati, free men who fought for money and glory. You could say their profession was that of a gladiator. Moreover, according to sources, organizing ludi with auctorati brought more prestige because they were more competitive and put on a better show - they fought for honor, glory, and money - than condemned gladiators, prisoners, or slaves who were forced to fight."
Chess, a 'dangerous' game: "This wonderful game, today associated with intelligence, has been accused for centuries of distracting attention from the burning issues of each era and of being a waste of time. It was created as a new form of entertainment and became very well known, but it was considered by many leaders over the years to be antisocial, blasphemous, and especially dangerous, because it sharpened people's minds. Its name?: Shatranj. It is the game that has evolved into today's chess."
Not everything is heat and melted ice, five weird consequences of climate change: "Although there are still those who dare to deny it, climate change is a reality that is already wreaking havoc around the world, through events such as the melting of Arctic ice or the development of all kinds of extreme weather phenomena. Both are logical consequences of a modification in the global climate. But climate change does not stop there. The effects it generates are more numerous, and some of them are truly surprising."
Videos: Try to escape prison disguised as a woman, Dragon Ball Perú, KO meets Sonic, the art of warez, crossing a channel on a hoverboard, Bollywood!, making a knife from a milk bottle, horror versions of happy songs, chilly puppy, how not to get your feet wet, world thumb wrestling championship, the mezzo-soprano with the most volume, best Guinness records of July, how to get a baby to stop crying, routine overlay, the cinema of the new age, his plane crashes and he's rescued hours later, marmot cuddles with its owner, inches from the shark, feeding a snake, bird migrations in Europe, the American woodcock dancing, beautiful chaos, system to open old safes, and the short films: Mr. Cat, Negative Space and Under Covers.
Galleries: How people in the past looked, fun art with food, algorithmic art, redrawing the world map, horrible beauty products, art on cake crusts, very low budget recording studios, the angry shiba inu, the Apollo project, discarded Star Wars designs, thrush's breath, Bolivian wrestling, and to finish, Animated Dump and the Visual Dump.
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