Strange & Offbeat
8 babies spared from potentially deadly inherited diseases through new 'mitochondrial donation' trial
Mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, contain their own special DNA that gets passed from mother t ...View More
'Ice cube' clouds discovered at the galaxy's center shouldn't exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion
Two of the strangest structures in the galaxy just got even stranger.Ballooning above and below the ...View More
Why do cats like concrete slabs?
Cat owners know that their feline friends can be a bit eccentric. From licking plastic bags to getti ...View More
1,000-year-old health hacks are trending—and backed by science
It turns out the Dark Ages weren't all that dark! According to new research, medieval medicine was w ...View More
Meet Skydweller: A solar-powered drone that can fly for 90 days straight — it's wider and 160 times lighter than a Boeing 747
U.S. tech startup Skydweller Aero has teamed up with Thales, a French electronics company specializi ...View More
A single MRI can reveal how quickly you're aging, scientists claim
Scientists can now judge how fast your whole body is aging based on a single snapshot of your brain, ...View More
Diagnostic dilemma: Weird lump in woman's hip was sponge left behind during C-section
The patient: A 38-year-old woman in New DelhiThe symptoms: The patient had given birth via emergency ...View More
Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids
Three years ago, NASA made history by deliberately smashing a spacecraft into a large asteroid, alte ...View More
'Interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS could be the oldest comet ever seen — and could grow a spectacular tail later this year
The mysterious "interstellar visitor" that was recently spotted whizzing through the solar system ma ...View More
The choice of sperm is 'entirely up to the egg' — so why does the myth of 'racing sperm' persist?
It's a commonly held belief: Sperm cells are like runners in an epic race, competing against each ot ...View More
