Where Seldom is Heard Archives

Where Seldom is Heard book cover. Source: RJ McCarthy.

Henderson NC Author Releases a Fourth Book

May 2, 2017 Kay Whatley

North Carolina-based author RJ McCarthy has just released a new crime novel, Where Seldom is Heard, a fourth for the writer. Departing from his previous novels in his Tony Quarry/ Carolina Mystery series, Where Seldom […]

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The Strange-ness: Mice, Parachutes and the US Air Force

March 1, 2013

In the North Pacific Ocean, several thousand miles West of Hawaii and East of the Philippines, lies the small island of Guam. In Guam, mice laced with acetaminophen are being air-dropped to control brown tree snakes. The US […]

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The Strange-ness: Unusual Bobcat Burial Discovered

January 17, 2016

Reported in the Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 2015, a bobcat appears to have been buried in a human-like, loving, and bejeweled fashion. The bobcat grave was discovered in Illinois, and dates back to somewhere around […]

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The Strange-ness: Tracking the Movement of Cyborg Cockroaches

February 27, 2017

By Edgar Lobaton and Matt Shipman, NCSU New research from North Carolina State University offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches – or biobots – move when exploring new spaces. The work moves researchers closer […]