Nebraska Athletics News: Recruiting Season, Living Robots and Stuck in IKEA – Corn Nation

Happy Monday Corn Nation! I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

The Husker women open Big Ten play tonight (look for the preview/game thread later) against Minnesota. Hopefully the ladies can continue their winning ways.

Husker portal pursuits: The offers that are outThe numbers are already outdated, because its like trying to keep up with a tornado.

But as of dinner time last night, there were 842...

Huskers offer JUCO safetyNebraska football has been active this fall with offers to junior college defensive backs, and made another on Saturday night.

Wrestling: Huskers Repeat as CKLV Champs - Corn NationMikey Labriola wins gold as No. 9 Nebraska ran away with the team title at the Cliff Keen Invitational

Sports bettors dream: 86 able to bet on game after it ended | AP NewsATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) It was every sports bettors dream: Being able to bet on a game after it had already ended. But the 86 New Jersey gamblers who thought they were beating the system had their bets on a British soccer game voided, and the two betting companies involved got fined.

One Misplaced Pawn May Have Just Clinched The World Chess Championship | FiveThirtyEightMagnus Carlsen now holds a commanding lead.

Brent Venables reaches agreement to become new Oklahoma coach - Sports IllustratedThe former Clemson defensive coordinator is the new coach of Oklahoma.

College Football Playoff: Alabama, Michigan, Georgia and Cincinnati make the playoff fieldAlabama, Michigan, Georgia, and Cincinnati are the four teams that will play in the College Football Playoff.

College football bowl schedule dates, times for the 2021 postseasonThe college football season in 2021 will wrap up with a postseason lineup of 43 games that will culminate with the national title game on Jan. 10.

Minshew Mania Arrives in Philadelphiaat Least for One Game - The RingerGardner Minshew delivered a strong performance in the Eagles win over the Jets. But despite all the excitement, theres no quarterback controversy in Philly.

Mario Cristobal reportedly expected to agree to $8 million deal with Miami, Clemson AD could follow...

QB Michael Penix Jr. enters college transfer portal after 4 seasons with Indiana HoosiersQuarterback Michael Penix Jr. has entered the transfer portal after four injury-plagued seasons at Indiana.

The bizarre history of medical transplants from Indian kings to stem cells - ABC NewsThe history of medical transplants stretches back millennia and includes some bizarre and gruesome milestones.

America Is Running Out of New Ideas - The AtlanticIn film, science, and the economy, the U.S. has fallen out of love with the hard work of invention.

After decades of dropping candy from the sky, this Inuk pilot is taking Christmas off | CBC RadioThe jolly man who flies through the sky dropping presents to excited children is taking a break this Dec. 25. No, it's not Santa Claus: it's 76-year-old bush pilot Johnny May.

Scientists Unveiled the World's First Living Robots Last Year. Now, They Can Reproduce | Smart News | Smithsonian MagazineBy clustering free-floating stem cells together, 'xenobots' can assemble baby bots

Finland is the worlds happiest nation and I want to keep it that way, says prime minister | Finland | The GuardianIn a rare interview with foreign media, Sanna Marin says she is determined to defend human rights, despite asylum policy challenges

The Way to a MansAnd WomansHeart Really IS Through Their StomachA new poll revealed that most believe the age-old adage does ring true: The way to a mans heart is through his stomach-a woman's too.

A blizzard warning in Hawaii but no snow yet in Denver, in unusual December weather : NPRIn Denver, no snow has yet fallen this season smashing the city's previous record of Nov. 21 for the latest ever recorded first snowfall.

Mountaineer given jewels he found on French glacier 50 years after plane crash | France | The GuardianGemstones worth 300,000 shared between Mont Blanc climber and authorities as man praised for handing discovery to police in 2013

Homeowner tries to smoke out snakes, burns down house | AP NewsPOOLESVILLE, Md. (AP) A Maryland home was accidentally burned to the ground by an owner trying to get rid of a snake infestation, officials said. The homeowner in Poolesville, a town about 25 miles (about 40 kilometers) outside of Washington D.C., was attempting to use smoke to purge the snakes from the house, according to Montgomery County Fire Department officials.

Skiing Santas back to shredding Maine slopes for charity | AP NewsNEWRY, Maine (AP) Santa is back to sleighing it on the ski slope. More than 230 skiing and snowboarding Kris Kringles took to a western Maine resort on Sunday to raise money for charity.

The Great Smog of London | Mental FlossHeavy fogs have long been a part of life in London. But the darkness that enveloped the city on December 5, 1952 wasnt your normal pea-souper.

Are near-death experiences just psychedelic trips? - Big ThinkOur brains might be flooded with the hallucinogen DMT as we die, leading to vivid dreams. Could this explain the near-death experience?

English Teenager Discovers Hoard of 3,300 Year-Old Axes and Becomes Metal Detecting CelebrityA 13-year old with a metal detector has discovered 65 bronze axes and other objects that date to 1,300 BCE, and has become a bit famous.

We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Outlasts Our Own | HowStuffWorksWhy does ancient Roman concrete outlast what we have today? Learn about the chemical reactions inside Roman concrete in this HowStuffWorks article.

Why Does Coffee Make Me Poop? - The New York TimesIts not clear why coffee can stimulate a bowel movement, but the speed of this effect suggests its mediated by the brain.

Virtual estate that exists only on the internet sells for record $2.4 million | SiouxlandProud | Sioux City, IA | News, Weather, and SportsSpeculators say digital real estate can serve a variety of purposes, from retail showrooms, to event spaces and virtual offices.

Bladderworts suck in animals and eat them alive. But which species are meeting this grisly demise? - ABC NewsIts hunting strategy sounds messy, but is so stealthy, rapid and brutally efficient that nobody knows precisely which species are being caught in its terrifying trap.

In Denmark, a snow storm means people overnight in an IKEA | AP NewsCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) In northern Denmark, an IKEA showroom turned into a vast bedroom. Six customers and about two dozen employees were stranded by a snowstorm and spent the night in the store, sleeping in the beds that are usually on show.

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