Strange & Offbeat
DARPA smashes wireless power record, beaming energy more than 5 miles away — and uses it to make popcorn
The U.S. military has set a new record for wireless power transmission, beaming a laser carrying mor ...View More
Chinese Man with Small Eyes Keeps Triggering Car’s ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ Warning
A Chinese motorist claims that his new Xiaomi SU7 Max driver fatigue warning keeps triggering becaus ...View More
Angry Beekeeper Sets Bees on Police During Routine Traffic Stop
A 70-year-old Spanish beekeeper was so upset about being stopped by traffic police that he set his b ...View More
Cold sore virus hijacks human genome in 3D--and scientists found its weak spot
Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and ...View More
Mathematicians discover a completely new way to find prime numbers
For centuries, prime numbers have captured the imaginations of mathematicians, who continue to searc ...View More
Ketamine may treat depression by 'flattening the brain's hierarchies,' small study suggests
DENVER—A single dose of ketamine may subtly reshape how different regions of the brain communicate, ...View More
'World's most difficult jigsaw puzzle': Archaeologists piece together thousands of shattered fresco blocks from ancient Roman villa
Archaeologists in London have painstakingly pieced together thousands of fragments of an ancient Rom ...View More
We may finally know how Tylenol works — and it's not how we thought
Acetaminophen is widely used to relieve pain, but exactly how it works has long been a mystery. Now, ...View More
A 'new star' has exploded into the night sky — and you can see it from North America
A "new star" is shining in the constellation Lupus thanks to an unexpected stellar explosion within ...View More
SpaceX's Starship explodes on Texas launch pad in 'catastrophic failure' during routine test
SpaceX's Starship has exploded once again — adding to a growing list of setbacks for the company's r ...View More
