Strange & Offbeat
Criminal Escapes Prison by Hiding in a Released Inmate’s Luggage
A young inmate recently managed to escape a prison in Lyon, France, by taking advantage of a fellow ...View More
55-Year-Old Man Elopes with Son’s Fiancee, Takes Family Jewels and Savings
A 55-year-old grandfather of three stands accused of eloping with the 22-year-old fiancée of his tee ...View More
Roman dodecahedron: A mysterious 12-sided object that has baffled archaeologists for centuries
Name: Roman dodecahedronWhat it is: A 12-sided bronze objectWhere it is from: Northwestern provinces ...View More
Japan sets new internet speed record — it's 4 million times faster than average US broadband speeds
Researchers in Japan say they have set a new world record for the fastest internet speed, transmitti ...View More
Can your brain run out of memory?
You can use up all the storage on your phone or max out your computer's drive, but can you use up al ...View More
Could signs of Mars life be hidden in its thick layers of clay?
The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentiall ...View More
The Perseids are coming — here's how to watch the glorious meteor shower before the moon ruins the show
The annual Perseid meteor display is one of the best-known and commonly observed meteor showers in t ...View More
'Paraparticles' would be a third kingdom of quantum particle
On a quiet pandemic afternoon in 2021, Zhiyuan Wang, then a graduate student at Rice University, was ...View More
Not just diabetes: How slightly high blood sugar wrecks men’s sexual health
Metabolic health factors, including small increases in blood sugar, are the main drivers of change i ...View More
James Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to explore a cosmic nursery: Space photo of the week
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) joined forces to capture a strik ...View More
