Strange & Offbeat
Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipient
In a step toward increasing access to donor organs, scientists have converted a blood-type-A kidney ...View More
Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950
On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would b ...View More
From tool use to warfare — here are 5 ways Jane Goodall revolutionized our knowledge of chimpanzees
When Jane Goodall stepped off her boat into what is now Gombe National Park in Tanzania on July 14, ...View More
Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in Florida
Divers have recovered over 1,000 coins from a shipwreck off the east coast of Florida. The coins wer ...View More
HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines can dramatically reduce the rate of infections that cause cervic ...View More
A single dose of psilocybin may rewire the brain for lasting relief
Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified specific brain circuits that are impacted by psilocybin ...View More
A century-old piano mystery has just been solved
A research group led by Dr. Shinichi Furuya of the NeuroPiano Institute and Sony Computer Science La ...View More
How gaslighting tricks the brain into questioning reality
Gaslighting could happen to anyone who trusts the wrong person, a McGill University researcher says. ...View More
When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen
A few years ago, one of us (Myles Allen) asked a Chinese delegate at a climate conference why Beijin ...View More
Our solar system's asteroid belt is slowly disappearing
The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that ...View More
