Strange & Offbeat
AI can now be used to design brand-new viruses. Can we stop it from making the next devastating bioweapon?
Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to build brand-new viruses, opening the door to AI ...View More
Nanotech transforms vinegar into a lifesaving superbug killer
Wounds that do not heal are often caused by bacterial infections and are particularly dangerous for ...View More
Would you eat yogurt made with ants? Scientists did
Researchers recreated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe that was once was once common across the Balk ...View More
Striking images capture an antibiotic slaying bacteria in real time
Scientists have released new images showing, in incredible detail, antibiotics defeating disease-cau ...View More
Science history: Edwin Hubble uncovers the vastness of the universe with discovery of 'standard candle' — Oct. 5, 1923
On the night of Oct. 5 to 6, 1923, Edwin Hubble discovered a new star — and revealed the utter vastn ...View More
The James Webb telescope proves Einstein right, 8 times over — Space photo of the week
As telescopes peer into the universe, they sometimes see quirks of nature that magnify faraway objec ...View More
'Health impacts are being felt in real time': How the CDC is being decimated by the Trump administration
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long considered the nation's — if not the world's — ...View More
The vitamin D mistake weakening your immunity
Taking vitamin D2 might lower the body's levels of the more efficient form of vitamin D, vitamin D3, ...View More
What looks like dancing is actually a bug’s survival trick
If you happen to be walking in the forests of Panama, you might just come across a bug that will wav ...View More
Asian golden cat: The 'feline of many costumes' that plucks birds before eating them
The Asian golden cat, also known as the Asiatic golden cat or Temminck's cat, is a feline endemic to ...View More
