In August 1977, scientists at Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope detected a 72-second signal from space that was extremely difficult to explain.Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical ObservatoryScientist Jerry Ehman circled a series of numbers and letters on a computer printout in August 1977. The Wow! signal has intrigued scientists ever since.
On a summer night in 1977, Ohio State University Professor Jerry Ehman flipped through a stack of computer printouts. Read More...
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If you’ve already powered through the third season of House of Cards, you’ll probably remember the monks who spent weeks creating an awesome sand painting in the middle of the White House. In reality, Tibetan Buddhist monks have been creating sand mandalas (mandala means “circle” in Sanskrit) for more than 2,500 years. The process remains one of the religion’s most distinctive and beautiful traditions.
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In 1981, Japanese murderer Issei Sagawa, the “Kobe Cannibal,” killed his friend Renée Hartevelt and ate her remains, yet he's free to walk the streets to this day.Noboru Hashimoto/Corbis via Getty ImagesIssei Sagawa in his Tokyo home, July 1992.
When Issei Sagawa murdered, dismembered, and devoured Renée Hartevelt in 1981, he was fulfilling a dream 32 years in the making. Sagawa, who was born in Kobe, Japan, was studying comparative literature in Paris at the time of his crime. Read More...
