Strange & Offbeat
Earliest use of psychoactive and medicinal plant 'harmal' identified in Iron Age Arabia
A new study uses metabolic profiling to uncover ancient knowledge systems behind therapeutic and psy ...View More
Excessive Sunscreen Protection Causes Woman to Break Bones by Rolling in Bed
A Chinese woman with severe vitamin D deficiency caused by excessive sunscreen use suffered a bone f ...View More
Enhanced Games AKA ‘Olympics on Steroids’ to Be Held Next Year in Las Vegas
Enhanced Games, a sports competition where performance-enhancing drugs are not only allowed but enco ...View More
'Cosmic fire' and Earthly ice: See the breathtaking winners of the Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2025 contest
The honorees for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest are in, and they're stunning.Cr ...View More
Does time 'go slower' when you're exercising?
Time may fly when you're having fun, but at other times, it seems to crawl along at a glacial pace. ...View More
Bird quiz: How much do you know about our feathered friends?
Birds have run, swum and flown around Earth since the dinosaur age, and they've hunted for food and ...View More
Trippy supercomputer simulation offers unprecedented view of the space between stars
If you've ever poured milk into a cup of coffee and watched it swirl, you've seen turbulence in acti ...View More
The scent of death? Worms experience altered fertility and lifespan when exposed to dead counterparts
For example, many insects such as bees and ants will instinctively remove dead members from the hive ...View More
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Most of us are familiar sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow la ...View More
Bank Sparks Outrage for Bringing Bed-Bound 96-Year-Old Woman to Branch to Verify Her Identity
A Mexican bank has been accused of lacking sensitivity after insisting that a bed-bound 96-year-old ...View More
