Strange & Offbeat
Oops! Earendel, most distant star ever discovered, may not actually be a star, James Webb Telescope reveals
The most distant star ever discovered may have been misclassified: Instead of being a single star, t ...View More
Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia
Over the past two centuries, vaccines have been critical for preventing infectious diseases. The Wor ...View More
Which Roman emperor ruled the longest?
Being a Roman emperor was a risky job. It wasn't unusual for emperors to be killed by usurpers wanti ...View More
Giant 'X' appears over Chile as 2 celestial beams of light cross: Space photo of the week
The Milky Way and zodiacal light crisscross above the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chi ...View More
Scientists transform 'forever chemicals' in water into fluoride with new process
Scientists have developed a new method to break down harmful "forever chemicals" by exposing them to ...View More
Meet the 'neglectons': Previously overlooked particles that could revolutionize quantum computing
Mathematicians have found a way to transform an unproductive quantum computing approach by reviving ...View More
Scientists just made vibrations so precise they can spot a single molecule
Just as overlapping ripples on a pond can amplify or cancel each other out, waves of many kinds -- i ...View More
COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance
It's August, and parents and caregivers are frantically preparing their kids for a new school year b ...View More
Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds
Scientists have created the first sizable meteorite diamond — also known as lonsdaleite or hexagonal ...View More
What was the first human species?
All humans today are members of the modern human species Homo sapiens — Latin for "knowing man." But ...View More
