Strange & Offbeat
'Foolhardy at best, and deceptive and dangerous at worst': Don't believe the hype — here's why artificial general intelligence isn't what the billionaires tell you it is
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) risks spiraling out of control as claims around the eme ...View More
Millions of new solar system objects to be found and 'filmed in technicolor' -- studies predict
A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and ...View More
Australian 'trash parrots' have now developed a local 'drinking tradition'
Wild cockatoos in Sydney, Australia have learned to drink from twist-handle water fountains, turning ...View More
Weed may be bad for your heart, whether you smoke or consume edibles
Because eating a cannabis-infused brownie or gummy does not involve inhaling smoke, it may be tempti ...View More
NASA spacecraft finds solar 'cannonballs' may have stripped Mars of its water — proving decades-old theory
After nearly a decade in orbit, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has, for the first time, directly observed t ...View More
Facing steep funding cuts, scientists propose using black holes as particle colliders instead of building new ones on Earth
In the face of eye-watering costs, long construction times and the Trump administration's slashing o ...View More
First direct observation of the trapped waves that shook the world in 2023
In September 2023, a bizarre global seismic signal was observed which appeared every 90 seconds over ...View More
Black holes could act as natural supercolliders -- and help uncover dark matter
As federal funding cuts impact decades of research, scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper ...View More
Mysterious 'mega-tsunamis' that shook the entire world for 9 days revealed by satellite
Scientists have made the first direct observations of a strange seismic event that shook the world f ...View More
Blue-eyed 'Ice Prince' toddler was buried with a sword and a piglet 1,350 years ago in Bavaria
A blue-eyed boy buried in southern Germany more than 1,300 years ago was interred with rare riches — ...View More










