March 2014

What happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?

A round-up of some of the stranger theories
As I write this, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the 239 people aboard have been missing for almost two weeks. Maybe by the time you read this article, the flight has already been found. At this point, we have nothing: a big fat zero.
 
Nature hates a vacuum, and the absence of information has caused oddball and conspiracy theories to flourish, each stranger than the last. 
 
1. Shadow plane

Was Stonehenge designed as a giant xylophone?

Possibly the wackiest theory yet
Stonehenge has been a mystery for thousands of years. Built by Neolithic Britons at some time between 3000 BC and 2000 BC, this cryptic collection of giant standing stones represents a huge undertaking. Clearly it meant a lot to the people who designed and built it… but what, exactly?