Strange & Offbeat
Death Valley's 'world's hottest temperature' record may be due to a human error
Death Valley has held the record for the hottest air temperature ever measured near Earth's surface ...View More
When an AI algorithm is labeled 'female,' people are more likely to exploit it
People are more likely to exploit female AI partners than male ones — showing that gender-based disc ...View More
Doomed ants send a final scent to save their colony
Ant societies behave like tightly integrated "superorganisms," where thousands of individuals work t ...View More
Robot Walks Over 100 Kilometers Without Stopping, Sets New World Record
Chinese robotic company AgiBot’s humanoid robot A2 has set an incredible Guinness World Record in a ...View More
Anacondas became massive 12 million years ago — and it worked so well, they haven't changed size since
Anacondas have been giant for millions of years, a new study finds.The enormous snakes' average body ...View More
Law of 'maximal randomness' explains how broken objects shatter in the most annoying way possible
A dropped vase, a crushed sugar cube and an exploding bubble all have something in common: They brea ...View More
Elaborate 2,700-year-old tomb in Greece contains burial of a woman with an upside-down crown
Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The ...View More
'We do not know of a similar case': 4,000-year-old burial in little-known African kingdom mystifies archaeologists
An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took p ...View More
A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve
A research team from the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven has un ...View More
'Cold Supermoon' 2025: Why the final full moon of the year also towers highest
Skywatchers are in for a stunning spectacle this week when the second-biggest full moon of 2025, the ...View More
