Strange & Offbeat
400-million-year-old fish exposes big mistake in how we understood evolution
The coelacanth is known as a "living fossil" because its anatomy has changed little in the last 65 m ...View More
Clockwork from scratch: How scientists made timekeeping cells
A team of UC Merced researchers has shown that tiny artificial cells can accurately keep time, mimic ...View More
Columbia scientists turn yogurt into a healing gel that mimics human tissue
Researchers from Columbia Engineering have established a framework for the design of bioactive injec ...View More
NASA spacecraft snaps images of lunar transit and Earth eclipse on the same day — see the photos
An Earth-orbiting spacecraft just experienced an unusual phenomenon: a lunar transit and an Earth ec ...View More
Popular Aquarium Fish Has Been Thriving in Ukraine’s Polluted Sewers for Decades
A sizeable population of tropical fish native to Venezuela and Guyana has been thriving in the pollu ...View More
Autonomous Bipedal Robot Can Change Its Own Batteries, Work 24/7
The Chinese-made Walker S2 humanoid robot is the world’s first industrial robot that can replace its ...View More
Planned C-sections linked to increased risk of childhood leukemia, study finds
Children born by planned cesarean section are 21% more likely to develop acute lymphoblastic leukemi ...View More
'Time travel' memory hack rejuvenates memories, study finds
Half-forgotten memories can be resurrected using "mental time travel," a new study suggests.The rese ...View More
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?
The Ring of Fire is an enormous belt of active and dormant volcanoes that surrounds most of the Paci ...View More
Ancient shark discovered deep inside world's longest cave system
Macadens olsoni had a unique curved row of teeth, called a tooth whorl. (Image credit: Art by Benji ...View More
