Strange & Offbeat
When will the US measles outbreak end?
The current measles outbreak in the U.S. may last a full year, a public health official in Texas rec ...View More
Sink or Swim: The fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories
Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused ...View More
Prehistoric rhinos lived in super-herds
Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago gathered in huge herds, acc ...View More
Do 'optimistic' versus 'pessimistic' medical detection dogs perform differently?
A new, exploratory study has revealed statistical links between the performance of medical detection ...View More
Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up
Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can't, like deep into a collap ...View More
The world's largest atom smasher is getting a powerful new upgrade
The world's biggest atom smasher could be getting an upgrade.The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), situat ...View More
Father-Son Duo Defrauds 100 Restaurants in 3 Years Using the Same Technique
A 48-year-old man and his son, 18, were recently arrested for reportedly defrauding around 100 resta ...View More
Mediterranean hunter gatherers navigated long-distance sea journeys well before the first farmers
Small, remote islands were long thought to have been the last frontiers of pristine natural systems. ...View More
Mammoth genetic diversity throughout the last million years
A new genomic study has uncovered long-lost genetic diversity in mammoth lineages spanning over a mi ...View More
Winter sea ice cover lowest in 47-year satellite record
Winter sea ice cover has dropped to its lowest maximum on record as temperatures continue to exceed ...View More
