Strange & Offbeat
Fingerprint of ancient seaborne raider found on Scandinavia's oldest plank boat
A sea raiders' boat that sank off the coast of Denmark 2,400 years ago has been hiding a fingerprint ...View More
Giant sea monsters lived in rivers at the end of the dinosaur age
Mosasaurs were enormous marine reptiles that lived more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence ...View More
Today's biggest science news: 'Little Foot' potential unknown human ancestor | Geminids peak | Comet 3I/ATLAS closest approach
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Xiaomi Smart Band 10 fitness tracker review: Sleek and budget-friendly
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Magdala stone: 2,000-year-old carving from Jerusalem is world's oldest known depiction of a menorah
In 2009, Israeli archaeologists uncovered a massive stone in an ancient synagogue near the Sea of Ga ...View More
Researchers find how plants survive without sunlight or sex
Some plants lack both green pigments and sexual reproduction, yet these unusual traits reveal import ...View More
'This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture': Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made
Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman arch ...View More
Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid's huge genome, revealing secrets of the 'living fossil'
Cephalopod evolution has long had a missing chapter in its story: how did squid-like ancestors give ...View More
Strange, 7-hour explosion from deep space is unlike anything scientists have seen — Space photo of the week
A gamma-ray burst (GRB) — the most energetic type of explosion in the universe since the Big Bang — ...View More
Can a turtle tuck its head all the way inside its shell?
It's a long-held idea that turtles can tuck their heads into their shells when threatened. But is it ...View More
