Strange & Offbeat
China’s Godlike Math Genius Stuns Internet With Extremely Frugal Lifestyle
Wei Dongyi, one of China’s most famous mathematicians, recently went viral for his unkempt looks and ...View More
Man Convicted of Posing as Flight Attendant to Fly for Free 120 Times
A 35-year-old American man has been found guilty of impersonating a flight attendant at least 120 ti ...View More
Tarkhan Dress: World's oldest known outfit was worn to an ancient Egyptian funeral 5,000 years ago
Name: Tarkhan DressWhat it is: A woven linen garmentWhere it is from: Tarkhan Cemetery, Giza governo ...View More
This EV battery fully recharges in just 18 seconds — and it just got the green light for mass production
A British firm has received approval to mass-produce an ultra-high-power-density electric vehicle (E ...View More
Why is the Pacific Ocean so big?
The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But ...View More
Robots that feel heat, pain, and pressure? This new “skin” makes it possible
Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic 'skin' that can be added to ...View More
Cluck once, and the river shakes: Inside the Amazon’s giant snake saga
As a child, I was fascinated by reports and documentaries about field research and often wondered wh ...View More
Tiny orange beads found by Apollo astronauts reveal moon’s explosive past
The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but t ...View More
Single psilocybin trip delivers two years of depression relief for cancer patients
New results from a clinical trial reveal that a single dose of psilocybin -- a naturally occurring p ...View More
Common parasite decapitates human sperm
Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a ...View More
