Strange & Offbeat
The land under South Africa is rising every year. We finally know why.
Drought and water loss caused South Africa to rise an average of 6 millimeters (0.2 inches) between ...View More
Belgium Accused of Literally Stealing the Wind of Its Neighbor
The CEO of a Dutch weather forecaster recently suggested that Belgian wind farms are inadvertently “ ...View More
43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world's oldest — and made by a Neanderthal
A red dot on a face-shaped rock in Spain may be setting records in more ways than one. At roughly 43 ...View More
Mid-air transformation helps flying, rolling robot to transition smoothly
Specialized robots that can both fly and drive typically touch down on land before attempting to tra ...View More
Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano erupting in ways not seen for 40 years
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been erupting with gigantic fountains of lava, the likes of which haven ...View More
'Previously unimaginable': James Webb telescope breaks its own record again, discovering farthest known galaxy in the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the most distant galaxy observed to date — breakin ...View More
'Unlike anything we have seen before': Astronomers discover mysterious object firing strange signals at Earth every 44 minutes
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious object flashing strange signals from deep space, and they h ...View More
There's a humongous boulder on a cliff in Tonga. Now we know how it got there.
A massive boulder perched hundreds of feet from the edge of a cliff in Tonga appears to have been tr ...View More
Your moral compass is tied to how in tune you are with your body, study hints
When wrestling with a moral dilemma, a person may reach a decision not only by thinking through the ...View More
The WHO penned the world's first pandemic agreement — but the US isn't signing
On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agree ...View More
