Why the search for the Loch Ness monster (and other beasts) continues 90 years after that first blurry photograph: Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday in 1933. His amble was disrupted when he saw something bobbing above the water two or three feet from …
Wegovy was inspired by Gila monster venom – here are some other drugs with surprising origins: The inspiration for Wegovy and Ozempic Vaclav Sebek/Shutterstock Many of the drugs we use today started their journey from bench to bedside in a computer. But this is certainly not the case for all drugs. Indeed, many have exotic …
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is the latest film to give a monster a makeover: Ruby Gillman’s story follows a fairly standard plot: an adolescent girl longs to go to prom but must overcome both her overprotective mother’s objections and conflict with a new popular kid at school. Oh, except the girl is actually a kraken. …
Netflix’s You: the real monster of series four is ‘dark academia’: Warning: the following article contains spoilers for the first half of You series four. Since its release in 2018, Netflix’s drama You has sparked both intrigue and controversy. Based on the fictional novel of the same name by Caroline Kepnes, the show follows the …
A cool WordPress image: THE UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY Image by Bob Bekian Bob Bekian Photos Read the Blog THE WALKING DEAD’s special FX makeup designer Greg Nicotero knows his zombies—and he knows his werewolves, mummies and creatures from the Black Lagoon as well. Check out his short film, THE UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY, a …
Weston-super-Mare’s See Monster: the good and the bad of pop-up attractions: The See Monster at Weston-Super-Mare is an art installation built on a decommissioned oil rig. PA Images/Alamy This autumn, visitors to Weston-super-Mare on the west coast of England will be confronted by the strangest of sights, a repurposed oil rig and temporary art installation …
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier: the melting monster of sea level rise – The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript: Ice breaks off the front of a glacier in Antarctica. 66 North via Unsplash This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise, published on September 22, 2022. …
The Loch Ness monster: a modern history: The so-called 'surgeon's photograph' taken by gynaecologist Robert Wilson (actually made from a toy submarine) first published in the Daily Mail in 1934. Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Reports of Loch Ness monster sightings keep coming. The latest report, accompanied by a video, is of a …
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Check out this Camps Bay Beach image: The Green-Eyed Monster Image by freelenz Now in its 4th year, Goldfish have taken the Submerged Sunday’s Concept and grown it into Cape Towns’ hottest night of the week hands down. Personally I welcome the change of venue… St Yves might seem a bit posh… but it reads …
Augmented Reality Services: Sea Monster creates a fully immersive augmented reality experience.: Photo: Sea Monster Consumer brands and enterprise B2B vendors must understand and get ready for augmented reality. These technologies will play an important part in the digital transformation efforts of many organisations. Sea Monster has been developing award-winning and highly-innovative interactive experiences using …
A cool Strand Beach image: STRAND TUSSEN MONSTER EN KIJKDUIN Image by Gerard Stolk (en attendant le jour du jugement) Strand tussen monster en kijkduin Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?
South Africa in the news: There Is a Monster in Our Oceans, and It Isn’t Sharks, It’s Us: While it may be easy for some to blame Asia for the sorry state of sharks in our oceans, the truth is that between 100-273 million sharks killed by humans are killed unintentionally by the fishing …: …
A cool Kings Beach image: Coney Island – Coney Art Walls: The Monster Within & The Fool That Follows by Tristan Eaton Image by wallyg Tristan Eaton is a Los Angeles born and based streetartist. Coney ArtWalls, presented by Thor Equities, is an outdoor street art museum located in Greenwood Beach near the Coney Island …
Check out this Kings Beach image: Coney Island – Coney Art Walls: Hercules at the Crossroads by Buff Monster Image by wallyg "I’ve chosen to recreate an allegory painted many times during the Renaissance: Hercules at the Crossroads. Traditionally, Hercules is placed in the middle; on the left is a life of virtue (represented by …
Marquis de Sade: depraved monster or misunderstood genius? It’s complicated: Portrait of the sadist as a young man by Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo (1719-1795). Author provided Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, was a bestselling author in his day and yet he spent most of his life behind bars. His novels inspired the term …
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Have scientists finally killed off the Loch Ness Monster?: Jerryko/Shutterstock Scientists claim to have finally found a “plausible theory” for sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. She’s not an aquatic reptile left over from the Jurassic era or a circus elephant that got in the water to bathe with her trunk aloft. If Nessie ever …