Strange & Offbeat
Science news this week: A human population isolated for 100,000 years, the biggest spinning structure in the universe, and a pit full of skulls
This week’s biggest science news took us to a region 140 million-light-years away, where scientists ...View More
CDC panel, stuffed with vaccine skeptics, votes to end recommendation for universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination
An influential vaccine advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ha ...View More
AI-Doctored Photos of So-Called Faulty Products Fuels Massive Refund Fraud in China
Apart from the threat of AI taking our jobs and one day becoming our overlord, artificial intelligen ...View More
Woman Sues Employer for Firing Her Because She Came in to Work Too Early
Coming in late for work can be considered grounds for dismissal, but it turns out that arriving too ...View More
Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at Earth
A gigantic cluster of sunspots — collectively around the same size as the one that birthed the large ...View More
Humanoid Robots at Iranian Tech Expo Turn Out to Be Humans in Disguise
Iran’s robotics industry is fast becoming an online meme following a series of viral clips depicting ...View More
A huge helium shortage is looming — but ancient rocks in Earth's crust may be hiding massive reservoirs
In 1903, residents of the small town of Dexter, Kansas, gathered to celebrate a newly drilled natura ...View More
Male human heads found in a 'skull pit' in an ancient Chinese city hint at sex-specific sacrifice rituals
Just outside the gate of a 4,000-year-old city in China, archaeologists found a pit full of 80 skull ...View More
Geminids 2025: The year's best meteor shower is coming, with a second shower hot on its tail
The most prolific meteor shower of the year is about to deliver more "shooting stars" than any other ...View More
Injecting anesthetic into a 'lazy eye' may correct it, early study suggests
Researchers think they may have found a way to reverse "lazy eye," even in adults who've typically h ...View More
