Strange & Offbeat
What did ancient Rome smell like? BO, rotting corpses and raw sewage for starters ...
The roar of the arena crowd, the bustle of the Roman forum, the grand temples, the Roman army in red ...View More
Cough medicine turned brain protector? Ambroxol may slow Parkinson’s dementia
Dementia poses a major health challenge with no safe, affordable treatments to slow its progression. ...View More
Multisensory VR forest reboots your brain and lifts mood—study confirms
In Japan, Shinrin Yoku or forest bathing has already been used for therapeutic applications, for ins ...View More
Buck Moon 2025: How to spot the year's farthest full moon from the sun
The first full moon of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere is about to rise. Known as the ...View More
Pregnancy’s 100-million-year secret: Inside the placenta’s evolutionary power play
An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new ins ...View More
Mercury's 'missing' meteorites may have finally been found on Earth
Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we ...View More
BANG! James Webb telescope catches stray galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the week
What it is: The Bullet ClusterWhere it is: 3.7 billion light-years from Earth, in the constellation ...View More
Frozen light switches: How Arctic microbes could revolutionize neuroscience
Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and t ...View More
Japanese quail: The bird with weird sperm foam, a post-sex strut and a spot in space history
Japanese quail are small relatives of chickens and turkeys with one very unusual trait — males produ ...View More
What are dwarf planets — and how many are there?
In 2006, Pluto was famously demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet. It remains the most famous dwar ...View More
