Strange & Offbeat
Common parasite decapitates human sperm
Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a ...View More
'Statistically, that shouldn’t have happened': Something very weird occurred in the ocean after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit
About 66 million years ago — perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May — an asteroid smashed into ou ...View More
James Webb telescope discovers 'a new kind of climate' on Pluto, unlike anything else in our solar system
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have taken a fresh look at the distant edges ...View More
NASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the week
What's better than the sight of clouds on Mars? The view of a volcano rising above them! This stunni ...View More
How do migrating birds know where they're going?
Every year, billions of birds migrate in and out of the United States. And across the world, birds f ...View More
Tiny wasp’s shocking reproductive trick may transform global agriculture
Scientists have shed new light on the evolution of an important species of wasp - and believe that t ...View More
83% of Earth’s climate-critical fungi are still unknown
Mycorrhizal fungi help regulate Earth's climate and ecosystems by forming underground networks that ...View More
1,000-year-old Viking Age hoard has a pendant that may be a cross or Thor's hammer
A metal detectorist in Germany has discovered a Viking Age hoard that includes about 200 riches from ...View More
Missing link star? Why this 'teenage vampire' white dwarf has scientists so excited
Astronomers have discovered the "missing link" connecting the death of sunlike stars to the birth of ...View More
How much gold is there in the world?
Gold is a heavy metal and one of Earth's rarer elements, formed in space when neutron stars collide. ...View More
