Strange & Offbeat
NASA unveils 9 stunning snapshots of the cosmos in X-ray vision: Space photo of the week
NASA has released a compilation of nine new images created by its Chandra X-ray Observatory, with he ...View More
How do frogs breathe and drink through their skin?
Unlike humans, frogs and other amphibians don't need to rely on their lungs to breathe; their unique ...View More
Ghost star’s planet orbits backward in a bizarre stellar system
Most stars in the Universe exist in binary or multiple star systems, where the presence of close-in ...View More
Science news this week: A magnitude 8.8 megaquake and whether we should — and can — stop AI
In this week's science news, a magnitude 8.8 megaquake hit off the coast of Russia. The enormous ear ...View More
Our favorite indoor cycling shoes have just dropped to their lowest-ever price
Whether you are preparing for a cycling competition, spinning pedals during a sweaty spin class at y ...View More
AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?
In 2024, Scottish futurist David Wood was part of an informal roundtable discussion at an artificial ...View More
Ancient viruses embedded in our DNA help switch genes on and off, study finds
DNA that humans acquired from ancient viruses plays a key role in switching parts of our genetic cod ...View More
Scientists just solved the 9-million-year mystery of where potatoes came from
An international research team has uncovered that natural interbreeding in the wild between tomato p ...View More
515-mile lightning flash caught from space
It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Te ...View More
Warm and cool temperatures travel on completely different paths to the brain, study finds
In a first, researchers have revealed the complete sensory pathway that enables the skin to communic ...View More
