Strange & Offbeat
Mysterious substance spotted swirling across the surface of the Baltic Sea — Earth from space
This striking false-color satellite image shows masses of organic material swirling along the Polish ...View More
T. rex may have evolved in North America after all, scientists say
The famed Tyrannosaurus rex may have evolved in a very different location from its direct ancestors, ...View More
A whole 'population' of minimoons may be lurking near Earth, researchers say
Earth's minimoon may be a chip off the old block: New research suggests that 2024 PT5 — a small, r ...View More
Man Suffers Burns to Stomach and Esophagus After Taking Sip of Sparkling Water
A 42-year-old Spanish man has been unable to ingest any food or liquids for three weeks after taking ...View More
New drone-assisted 3D model offers a more accurate way to date dinosaur fossils
A new study from McGill University is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Di ...View More
Two new crocodile species discovered
McGill University researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previou ...View More
Turkish Town Involutarily Gets High After Police Burn Over 20 Tons of Confiscated Weed
The 25,000 residents of Lice, a town in Turkey’s Diyarbakır province, involuntarily got high after p ...View More
'Pirate' shipwrecks that sank in 1710 off Costa Rica are actually remains of Danish slave ships
Centuries-old shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, long thought to have been the property of pira ...View More
Pterosaur tracks reveal flying reptiles were comfortable on land, too — some even shared environments with dinosaurs
Ancient tracks reveal that many pterosaurs were just as comfortable walking on the ground as they we ...View More
NASA's NICER maps debris from recurring cosmic crashes
For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts ne ...View More
