The first aerial photograph was taken in 1858 from a Parisian hot air balloon. Today, archaeologists seek hidden ancient ruins with drones. It would take thousands of Indiana Jones(es) to process and analyze of the massive amounts of satellite, GIS, thermal, LIDAR, and historical archaeological data researchers use and cross-reference. Indy didn't have AI, but we do. Buried Kiva In 2014, archaeologists surveyed an ancient Ancestral Puebloan site in New […]
If you’re an insomniac like me, you’ve tried warm milk, OTC sleep aids, and prescriptions. I hated being a constipated, broke zombie every morning - was there no other way? Bi-What? I didn’t intend to start a sleep experiment, but I naturally fell into a biphasic sleep pattern. Most people sleep in one long block of time, aka monophasic sleep. Other people - including most insects, birds, and animals - […]
Hold on to your tinfoil hats, folks. Researcher Caroline Swiger data-crunched decades of sightings into multiple charts with extensive background citations. It is staggering - and the most impactful UFO-related data summary and analysis we may have seen to date: Unidentified: 30 Years of UFO Sightings Here's a legendary, real-time eyewitness expose of Area 51 - was it a prank, or a frightening, real experience? You decide: Do you have […]
‘Tis the season for tons of articles and recommendations about “the perfect gift.” We gathered up a bunch of Santa's DMT Elves from the corners of the Fringe offices and asked them for recommendations. The Facebook elves beat us to the punch this week. One of my clean-living family members was surprised when a vibrating cock ring showed up in his Facebook feed. I didn’t believe him until I saw […]
Everything I’m about to tell you is true - and if we can do it, you can too. Just be prepared to smell like a french fry for a very, very long time… The Big Thirsty Truck When gas prices inch up, people start talking about biodiesel again. About 20 years ago, my frugal husband got so pissed about gas prices - and taxes - that he decided to […]
Fellow researcher and field-investigator, Chaz of the Dead joins me to talk about some of his strange expeditions across the world, investigation the unexplainable, the psychedelic, and the horrific -- oftentimes all at once. Firstly we discuss Chaz's ground-rules of paranormal investigation, with considerations of Carl Jung, chaos magick, and classical paranormal ghost hunting but without the crosses and holy water. After this, we get into some real wild stories. […]
The Fringe.FM News Desk comes across weird, unique, and interesting stories every single day. Most end up in our virtual "junk drawer," rattling around until we either use them or go all konmari on the mess. Some are too good for the dustbin, though - so welcome to the 1st edition of "Random Fringe!" This Week's Grab Bag of Completely Unrelated Randomness: Biopiracy: How companies are buying up nature […]
Breaking news: Facebook may have your tax and financial data. If you’ve used online tax prep software, you may have been affected. They even steal information about your children. The Investigation Nonprofit news organization The Markup conducted an in-depth investigation. They found that Facebook’s "Meta Pixel" scrapes data from free online tax prep sites including H&R Block, TaxAct, and many others. They subtly operated in plain sight without some […]
NASA is going back to the lunar surface in 2024; by the end of the decade they plan to start a permanent base camp. From there, it’s just an orbital swing to Mars and beyond. But why did NASA name the mission after a love story from Greek mythology? What’s in a Name? NASA has a long history of naming stars, planets, and space missions or craft after gods […]
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