Category Archives: Austin
Disney is asking $110,000, per person, for new adventure.
How's this sound for your family summer vacation? Disney is offering one package that takes you to all 12 of their parks. How much is it? Did I mention that it includes private jet travel? How much, y...
Jun 16, 2022 Tallapragada / CC
Gaga to go cuckoo for new role?
One of the more crazy stories I've caught today involves Lady Gaga being in talks to star in the next "Joker" movie with Joaquin Phoenix. That's not the crazy part. It says she's up for the part of Ha...
Jun 15, 2022 Kevin Dooley / CC
Dog sneaks into gorilla enclosure. Vid in blog.
A bit of nerve wracking video from the San Diego Zoo is making the rounds on the internet. Somehow, a stray dog made its way into the gorilla enclosure. He's looking around in that goofy dog sort of w...
Jun 15, 2022 brokinhrt2 / CC
New machine turns air into water. See it in vid in blog.
In Star Wars, Luke grew up on a farm. But it wasn't with crops, they pulled water out of the air. A new company called Kumulus have invented a machine that can do that now. It takes in air and runs th...
Jun 14, 2022 Luis Deliz / CC
Promising peanut allergy treatment for kids. 3/4 in study achieved remission.
Good news for parents with kids who have peanut allergies. Researchers in Australia have been testing immunotherapies and a couple are showing strong promise on putting peanut allergies into remission...
Jun 14, 2022 airpix / CC
Rats to the rescue! Seriously rats being trained to save people. Cute rat training video in blog.
Rats are being trained to help save people's lives. Before you think, "Rats? Icky." Let me say that rats can actually be very loving, very cute little critters. My brother had a couple for pets when h...
Jun 14, 2022 Artur Malinowski / CC
Squid Games is real with $4.56 million prize. More and how to become a contestant in blog.
Squid game season 2 was announced a couple of days ago, but now they're taking it further. Now, there's a squid game reality show coming to Netflix. On it, they'll be giving away $4.56 million dollars...
Jun 14, 2022 Vadim Bogulov / Unsplash
Google engineer claims company has A.I. that is alive. Vid of it talking to itself and transcript with human in blog.
A computer engineer tells his big tech employers that he's discovered a sentient artificial intelligence. Big Tech tells him to be quiet and puts him on leave. Engineer goes to the press, spills the b...
Jun 13, 2022 Possessed Photography / Unsplash
Type of protein affects women's health; new study.
Replacing animal protein in your diet with plant protein can help older women remain stronger and get around better. A new study showed that plant protein is associated with a lower risk of frailty in...
Jun 13, 2022 Sander Sammy / Unsplash
Sriracha shortage. I checked. Shelves are empty all around Lincoln.
Sriracha hot sauce will probably disappear soon. In fact, I went to 6 different stores in Lincoln Friday afternoon and only one had any. There were 6 bottles left. I bought one. An hour later, after I...
Jun 13, 2022