Strange & Offbeat
Preserved hair reveals just how bad lead exposure was in the 20th century
Humans have found lead useful for thousands of years, but the metal's toxic effects didn't become we ...View More
Sunspot launches 27 solar flares in 24 hours, including strongest outburst in years
A monster sunspot is taking aim at Earth after firing off dozens of powerful flares Sunday and Monda ...View More
What is Moltbook? A social network for AI threatens a 'total purge' of humanity — but some experts say it's a hoax
A social network built exclusively for artificial intelligence (AI) bots has sparked viral claims of ...View More
'It's similar to how Google can map your home without your consent': Why using aerial lasers to map an archaeology site should have Indigenous partnership
Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of l ...View More
'Nose-in-a-dish' reveals why the common cold hits some people hard, while others recover easily
New laboratory experiments used "noses-in-a-dish" to unpack why the common cold triggers mild illnes ...View More
750-year-old Indian poems reveal a landscape scientists got wrong
In the oldest known writing in Marathi, a language spoken by millions in western and central India, ...View More
“Existential risk” – Why scientists are racing to define consciousness
As artificial intelligence continues to advance and ethical concerns grow alongside it, scientists s ...View More
Earth is 'missing' lighter elements. They may be hiding in its solid inner core.
For close to a century, geoscientists have pondered a mystery: Where did Earth’s lighter elements go ...View More
Lifespan may be 50% heritable, study suggests
Around 50% of a person's lifespan is determined by genetics, a new study suggests, more than doublin ...View More
Astronomers spot 'time-warped' supernovas whose light both has and hasn't reached Earth
Two incredibly rare supernovas that erupted billions of years ago provide a unique opportunity to ex ...View More
