Stace Johnson

Portrait By AI Artist Sells for $432,500 At Christie’s

In late October 2018, a trio of artificial intelligence researchers became the first to sell an original work of computer-generated art on the world stage at Christie’s auction house in New York, and the art world is still reeling at the implications. The Paris-based Obvious art collective — founded by Pierre Fautrel, Hugo Caselles-Dupre, and […]

5y ago

German Nurse Admits To Killing More Than 100 Patients

Niels Hoegel, a former nurse in Germany, admits that he killed more than 100 patients at the hospitals where he had worked, according to the New York Post. Already serving a life sentence as the result of a trial in 2015, Hoegel is currently facing a new trial for his part in the deaths of […]

5y ago

stephen hawking

Stephen Hawking’s Final Paper Published, Addresses Black Hole Paradox

Since Karl Schwarzschild first posited the existence of black holes in a letter to Albert Einstein, scientists have debated what happens to the matter that seemingly disappears when consumed by one. According to the Special Relativity Theory, mass is related directly to energy, and the quantity of energy and mass left over after any reaction […]

5y ago

colorado

Chief Justice Roberts Refers Kavanaugh Ethics Complaints To Tenth Circuit

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has referred more than a dozen ethics complaints about former circuit court judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Colorado. Chief Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich will now handle the processing of the complaints, according to Denver’s 9News. Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, from the D.C. Circuit […]

5y ago

The Pentagon Grounds All F-35 Jets For Inspections Following September Crash

As previously reported by the Inquisitr, a Lockheed-Martin F-35 crashed in South Carolina last month, and that has led to the grounding of the entire fleet of F-35s worldwide pending inspection of fuel tubes. The F-35 Joint Program Office announced the grounding in a statement on Thursday, according to MilitaryTimes. “The U.S. Services and international […]

5y ago

nasa

Cost Overruns Threaten To Delay First Launch Of NASA’s SLS Rocket

A blistering report from NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) today casts doubt on the timeline of the Space Launch System (SLS) that is being developed by NASA and Boeing for future missions to the Moon and Mars. As reported by Ars Technica, NASA Inspector General Paul Martin leaves little doubt as to the cause […]

5y ago

indiana

Little Caesars Denies Serving Frozen DiGiorno Pizzas In Griffith, Indiana

Today’s story of viral misinformation comes courtesy of a Little Caesars restaurant inside a K-Mart in Griffith, Indiana. USA Today reports that when customer Vincent Romero stopped to pick up pizza at the store, he saw a shopping cart full of DiGiorno frozen pizzas sitting right next to the front counter. A woman who appeared […]

5y ago

brett kavanaugh|Michael Avenatti|supreme court

Here’s How The Brett Kavanaugh Accusations Could Cost Him The Supreme Court Nomination

Initially thought to be an easy process in a Republican-controlled House and Senate, the confirmation of conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is looking increasingly less likely. So far, two different women from Kavanaugh’s past have submitted allegations of sexual impropriety while they attended high school and college with him, and attorney Michael […]

5y ago

Burt Reynolds

Classic Burt Reynolds Vehicles On The Block At Barrett-Jackson

According to Car and Driver, three of the cars owned by the late Burt Reynolds will be hitting the auction block on Saturday, September 29, 2018, in Las Vegas. The three cars are tributes to actual vehicles driven in the Reynolds movies Smokey and the Bandit (a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am in black), Hooper (a […]

5y ago

colorado

Friends And Family Remember Loved Ones Violated In Body Brokering Scam

Confluence Park, in Delta, Colorado, played host to an unusual and heartbreaking memorial ceremony on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Sources vary on the exact number, but according to the Grand Junction Sentinel, at least 75 people gathered in the park to speak the names of lost loved ones and tell their ages, dates of passing, […]

5y ago

jane fonda

The Story Of ‘Hanoi Jane’ Fonda, A Retrospective

In July, 1972, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jane Fonda became infamous. The Vietnam War had been raging for nearly 10 years. U.S. citizens did not yet know about the burglary that had taken place at the Watergate hotel the month prior. Jane Fonda, actress and daughter of actor Henry Fonda, was passionate about exposing governmental lies […]

5y ago

Hubble Space Telescope|Penn State

Hubble Finds New Features Around Neutron Star

A new paper out in The Astrophysical Journal details the findings of an international team of astronomers regarding RXJ0806.4–4123, a relatively close neutron star in a cluster called the “Magnificent Seven.” In it, researchers from Penn State, Sabanci University in Turkey, and the University of Arizona detail an unusual infrared emission from the pulsar that […]

5y ago

Dwarf Planet Ceres Is Infested With Ancient Ice Volcanoes

Science News reports that dwarf planet (and largest asteroid) Ceres has multiple ice volcanoes, as opposed to just one, like scientists have thought since 2015. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which was launched in 2007 specifically to study Ceres and the asteroid belt’s other largest object, Vesta, found one ice volcano when it first approached Ceres in […]

5y ago

egypt

Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover Sphinx At Aswan Temple

The BBC reports that while draining groundwater from the ancient temple of Kom Ombo near Aswan in southern Egypt, archaeologists found a well-preserved statue of a sphinx — the mythical being from Egyptian legend bearing the head of a man and the body of a lion. In ancient Egypt, the sphinx represented royal power. Sometimes […]

5y ago

Donald Trump|George Papadopoulos|Michael Cohen|paul manafort

Mueller Handling Investigation Like An Organized Crime Case

Many people have compared the way Robert Mueller is handling the special investigation to the way organized crime cases are traditionally handled. Ken Dilanian said it on MSNBC back in February 2018, and today, Business Insider took a closer look. Organized crime is familiar territory for Mueller. In the 1990s, while Mueller was working as […]

5y ago

pluto

Controversy Reignites Over Pluto’s Status As A Planet

A lot happened in 2006. Saddam Hussein was killed, Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion, and Pluto was downgraded to the status of “dwarf planet,” a new classification created by the International Astronomical Union (IAU.) In the dozen years since the controversial reclassification, the argument over Pluto’s status has popped up repeatedly, with polls as […]

5y ago

Buddhism|Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama Says Sex Abuse By Buddhist Teachers ‘Nothing New’

While on a visit to the Netherlands, the Dalai Lama met with a group of citizens claiming sexual abuse by Buddhist teachers, according to Tribune India. The group had organized a petition to meet with His Holiness while in the Netherlands for four days on a trip through Europe. Their appeal was heartwrenching: “We found […]

5y ago

Donald Trump|lindsey graham|robert mueller

Lindsey Graham Ensures Mueller Investigation Will Be Completed Without Interference

Speaking with John Dickerson on Sunday’s Meet the Press, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham answered questions about the possible impact of Paul Manafort’s plea bargain and required cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Graham responded with the following quote. “I don’t know yet. I know that from the judiciary point of view, we found no […]

5y ago

Buffalo Bills Fans Who Break Tables While Tailgating Will Be Arrested, Sheriff Warns

“Going through folding tables is definitely a thing, and we all know Buffalo loves its things.” That’s how the Buffalo News responded to a statement released by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office in advance of Sunday’s season home opener against the Los Angeles Chargers. At issue is the following line in the Sheriff’s announcement on […]

5y ago

Donald Trump|puerto rico

Ocasio-Cortez Lashes Out After Puerto Rico Death Toll Controversy

Thursday morning, as a Category 4 hurricane was bearing down on the Carolina coast, the president of the United States wrote the following on Twitter: “3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 […]

5y ago