Strange & Offbeat
‘World’s Craziest Wave’ Seems Digitally Rendered with AI Technology
There’s no question that nature is awesome, but sometimes we come across natural phenomena that look ...View More
World’s Longest Zipline Is 2 Miles Long, Reaches Speeds of Up to 93 Mph
One of the world’s most ambitious zipline projects, the K3 was inaugurated in 2024 as a joint ventur ...View More
Orcas are adopting terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter?
In March 2019, researchers off the coast of southwestern Australia witnessed a gruesome scene: a doz ...View More
A fentanyl vaccine enters human trials in 2026 — here's how it works
A vaccine that blocks the effects of fentanyl — including overdose — will enter human trials in the ...View More
'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn.
As artificial intelligence (AI) models keep growing and getting more power-hungry, researchers are s ...View More
'Stop and re-check everything': Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA's cleanrooms
NASA's cleanrooms rank among the cleanest spaces on Earth, and for good reason — these sterile space ...View More
Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world
Covered wagons are often associated with the Old West. But the best-preserved example of an ancient ...View More
Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959
On a December day, Richard Feynman gave a fun little lecture at Caltech — and dreamed up an entirely ...View More
Primates Quiz: Go ape and test your knowledge on our closest relatives
Primates — the mammalian group that includes humans — are found pretty much everywhere on Earth, fro ...View More
Year in review: The standout health stories of 2025, from measles outbreaks to AI-made viruses
Groundbreaking medical treatments; mysteries of fundamental biology; the impacts of health policy up ...View More
