Strange & Offbeat
Insects: Facts about the creepy-crawlies that make up more than half of the world's animal species
More than half of all known animal species on Earth are insects — critters with a hard external skel ...View More
Aliens: Facts about extraterrestrial life and how scientists are looking for it
E.T., Stitch, Chewbacca, Groot — humans have a lot of ideas about what aliens might look like. But w ...View More
Perseverance rover rolls onto 'Crocodile' plateau on Mars to hunt for super-old rocks
NASA's Perseverance rover has made to a new region on Mars, which may contain some of the Red Planet ...View More
Pelican eel: The midnight zone 'gulper' with a giant mouth to swallow animals bigger than itself
As it drifts through the inky blackness of the "midnight zone" in the deep sea, the pelican eel undu ...View More
James Webb telescope discovers frozen water around a distant, sunlike star
In a milestone discovery, astronomers have announced that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has ...View More
When will the universe die?
Scientists have a pretty good idea of how our universe began: According to the Big Bang theory, an i ...View More
Groundbreaking amplifier could lead to 'super lasers' that make the internet 10 times faster
Scientists have developed a new type of laser amplifier that can transmit information 10 times faste ...View More
Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet in our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Neptune
Scientists have found evidence of a previously-undetected dwarf planet at the edge of the solar syst ...View More
'Hopelessly attached': Scientists discover new 2D material that sticks the landing
More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson pr ...View More
Can weight loss drugs help you drink less alcohol?
Anecdotal reports suggest that people who are taking weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy say t ...View More
