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People Have Patented Some Seriously Strange Ideas For Cars

Electric cars are giving the automotive industry a shake-up like nothing it has seen in a century. Some people, however, have dreams far bigger than simply replacing the internal combustion engine with a battery-driven motor and aren’t too fussed about little matters like practicality. Vehicle leasing company Vanarama decided to do a trawl through patents that have never come into production, and almost certainly never will. They definitely found some doozies, and even illustrated them, putting two to three patents from different sources on the same imaginary car. Many of these…

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People Are Sharing Their Unusual Bathroom Designs, And Here Are 30 Of The Best Ones

Well, we’ve collected some of the most interesting and weirdest bathroom design pics to both inspire and terrify you from the Who wouldn’t want to have a gilded bathroom that looks like it’s from a palace? Probably the person who has psychedelic bathroom tiles everywhere that make our eyes hurt. There are some basic rules when it comes to designing the perfect bathroom, but not everyone’s aware of them. This post may include affiliate links. Unfollow 10 hours ago (edited) I kinda like the color scheme and the idea Unfollow 10…

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Inside Planet 13, the worlds largest cannabis dispensary

Planet 13 is located blocks off the Las Vegas Strip and holds the title as the world’s largest cannabis dispensary. But it’s much more than just a storefront. There’s a lot to the 115,000-square-foot facility, including entertainment, restaurants and cannabis processing equipment where the company makes edibles and drinks. This is a destination, Vegas-style. In this video we take a backstage tour into this cannabis superstore.

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Guy Keeps Accidentally Making Eye Contact With His Neighbor, Finally Decides To Text Him Via Window

But humans are social animals and nothing can stop us from making friends. Especially when the neighbor across the street seems like you’d have a lot in common. This is what happened to a computer science student named Steve. He’d had enough of that eye contact and decided to make friends the quarantine way. After Steve, known as  Image credits: And it worked! Bored Panda contacted Steve, the guy behind this quarantine friendship story. It turns out Steve is from Canada, but recently moved to Aalborg in Denmark for computer science…

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“She Knows There Will Be No Visitors, at the Hospital or Home. She Is Consumed With the Unknown”: Mom Says Pregnancy in Quarantine Wont Steal Her Joy

ShareTweetPin “It’s such a strange time to be pregnant. This, a time when the mom-to-be should be preparing the nursery and spending way too much time shopping for baby’s perfect take home outfit. Instead, she shifts her focus to purchasing diapers and wipes online—worried there may not be enough to go around. Typically, it’s a time when she is anticipating a baby shower with all of her loved ones to celebrate. Now, she must distance from those dear friends and family to protect her unborn child as well as herself.…

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Lindsay Lohan’s First Song In 12 Years Is An Absolute Banger | Betches

In these dark times, it can feel like there’s not a lot to look forward to, but today there’s a bright spot amid the darkness: Lindsay Lohan’s musical comeback has finally begun. On Friday, she released “Back To Me,” her first song since 2008, and aside from buying a $15 drink at a crowded bar, there’s nothing I could have wanted more right now. This isn’t the first time Lindsay has teased a revival of her music career. Back in September of 2019, she posted a new song on YouTube…

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Comedians Impressions of Couples During Quarantine Is ALL of Us

ShareTweetPin Well friends, we’re going on day 22 of quarantine over here, and President Trump just announced earlier this week that there’s at least another 30 days in sight. If we’ve all learned anything through this totally bizarre experience, it’s that too much togetherness, just might be the real killer in this COVID-19 pandemic. The one saving grace has been good news on the internet, and all things Trey Kennedy. The 27-year-old comedian from Oklahoma is a pro at relatable impressions that never fail to make us laugh. Through this…

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FEMA to restrict exports of critical supplies leaving US

(CNN)Companies will soon be blocked from exporting critical medical supplies needed by the US for the coronavirus response, unless the Federal Emergency Management Agency gives approval for overseas shipments, according to a federal draft regulation. In a joint statement Wednesday, the two agencies, both of which fall under the Department of Homeland Security, said they’re “working together to prevent domestic brokers, distributors, and other intermediaries from diverting these critical medical resources overseas.” CBP will be responsible for identifying exports at US air and sea ports, while FEMA will decide whether…

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Promising Blood Test Can Detect 50 Types Of Cancer Using Artificial Intelligence

A new blood test armed with AI-technology can detect at least 50 different types of cancer, often before any signs or symptoms appear. It can even identify the specific type of cancer a patient might have. While there’s still further fine-tuning to do, independent experts in the field have heralded the results of the new research as encouraging.  The new study, published this week in the journal Annals of Oncology, has shown how machine learning algorithms are capable of detecting the presence of cancer in a person’s body by looking for telltale chemical changes in the…

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Study behind updated FDA guidance shows self-swab tests are as effective as those done by clinicians

Earlier this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would be updating its guidance to allow self-swab tests for COVID-19, in which a patient collects a sample for their own nose for a health professional to test. On Wednesday, UnitedHealth Group revealed the results of a peer-reviewed large scale study that provided the science behind the decision to switch to the less-invasive sample collection method. The self-swab process doesn’t change where FDA-approved testing can happen – this expanded guidance only applies to the method of collection,…

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Music Premiere: ‘Drunk’ By Brooke Alexx Will Help You Remember What Parties Were Like | Betches

Remember people, places, and things? It’s almost hard to remember a time when going out in public was something to look forward to, rather than an event that provokes fear. So to help you get back to a simpler time when being outside wasn’t almost illegal, listen to Brooke Alexx’s new song, called “Drunk”. Being drunk, remember it? When you could do it in the company of people and not like, your dog or maybe your parents’ disapproving glares? But before we get into the song, we asked Brooke a…

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The Speed Of Light Remains Constant At The Highest Energy Tested Yet

The fact that the speed of light is constant in a vacuum is one of the cornerstones of Einstein’s theory of special relativity. But it’s not obvious why this should be the case, or even whether it’s possible, under certain conditions, that it might not be. A new study, published in Physical Review Letters, set out to test if the speed of light remains constant even at the highest energy we can get from cosmic events. Special relativity has at its core two facts: That the speed of light in a…

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