Strange & Offbeat
Dark matter might not be invisible after all. It could leave a hidden glow
Dark matter, the mysterious substance thought to make up most of the Universe, might not be complete ...View More
Science history: Scientists use 'click chemistry' to watch molecules in living organisms — Oct. 23, 2007
In 2007, scientists published a paper that laid out a recipe for a new type of biochemistry. The met ...View More
Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic 'eye' that focuses automatically and doesn't need a power source
A squishy robotic "eye" can focus automatically in response to light, without any external power. Th ...View More
Unemployed Man Exploits Food Delivery Platform to Eat 1,000 Free Meals Over Two Years
A 38-year-old Japanese man was arrested on suspicion of fraud after exploiting a food delivery app’s ...View More
Husband and Wife Look so Similar They Often Get Mistaken for Identical Twins
A young couple from China’s Guangdong province has become famous for their uncanny resemblance, lead ...View More
Mysterious glow at the Milky Way's center could reshape a major cosmic theory
Dark matter near the center of our galaxy is "flattened," not round as previously thought, new simul ...View More
1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico's 'Cave of the Dead Children'
Scientists analyzing 1,300-year-old human feces from the Cave of the Dead Children in Mexico have di ...View More
Astronomers discover skyscraper-size asteroid hidden in sun's glare — and it's moving at a near-record pace
Astronomers have discovered a 2,300-foot-wide (700 meters) asteroid hidden in the sun's glare, and i ...View More
Google's breakthrough 'Quantum Echoes' algorithm pushes us closer to useful quantum computing — running 13,000 times faster than on a supercomputer
Google scientists have created a new algorithm that can solve problems on a quantum processor 13,000 ...View More
You don't need to be very happy to avoid an early death from chronic disease, study finds
Happiness is known to correlate with better health. But now, researchers have identified a happiness ...View More
