Strange & Offbeat
Science history: 'Patient zero' catches SARS, the older cousin of COVID — Nov. 16, 2002
In January 2003, epidemiologists in China identified two cases of "atypical pneumonia" in patients w ...View More
Man Changes His Name Every Year to Avoid Paying Child Support
Roman Korenev, head of the bailiff service responsible for collecting child support payments in Tyum ...View More
Quantum computing will make cryptography obsolete. But computer scientists are working to make them unhackable.
Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensi ...View More
New Jersey man dies from meat allergy triggered by tick bite
A New Jersey man has died in the first documented fatal case of alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy t ...View More
Astrophotographer snaps 'absolutely preposterous' photo of skydiver 'falling' past the sun's surface
An astrophotographer has captured a spectacular shot of a falling skydiver perfectly aligned with th ...View More
Russia’s First AI-Powered Humanoid Robot Falls Flat on Its Face Seconds Into Its Official Presentation
The now-viral incident took place on Monday, November 10, at the Yarovit Hall Congress Center in Mos ...View More
Museum Volunteer Destroys Artwork by Cleaning It After Mistaking It for a Simple Dirty Mirror
Staff at the Keelung Museum of Art in Taiwan could not prevent the destruction of a priceless piece ...View More
Science finally solves a 700-year-old royal murder
An international team led by Hungarian scholars has successfully confirmed that skeletal remains dis ...View More
Giant North American 'hell pigs' could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ago, tooth analysis reveals
Giant North American "hell pigs" may have munched on bones around 30 million years ago, while their ...View More
Eruptions of ocean volcanoes may be the echoes of ancient continental breakups
The eruptions of some mid-ocean volcanoes may be the echoes of supercontinent breakups that persiste ...View More
