Strange & Offbeat
Webb telescope captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet ou ...View More
Age of upcoming asteroid flyby target
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanso ...View More
Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji
Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently ...View More
European hunter-gatherers boated to North Africa during Stone Age, ancient DNA suggests
Ancient hunter-gatherers from Europe may have voyaged across the Mediterranean to Northern Africa ar ...View More
Iguanas sailed one-fifth of the way around the world on rafts 34 million years ago
Around 34 million years ago, iguanas undertook the longest-known transoceanic trip of any terrestria ...View More
Russia’s Youngest Pensioner Retired at the Age of 23
At age 16, Pavel Stepchenko joined the school of Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs as a student, ...View More
World’s Smallest International Bridge Is Only 19 Feet Long
El Marco, a small rustic bridge connecting the Spanish village of El Marco to the Portuguese village ...View More
'More people are in harm's way': Tornadoes are shifting east of Tornado Alley, forecasters warn
A string of deadly tornadoes, violent dust storms and fast-moving wildfires ripped across several mi ...View More
Fox and Raccoon Meat Sold as Mutton and Beef in China, Journalistic Investigation Finds
A journalistic investigation by the Chinese newspaper The Paper revealed the widespread commercializ ...View More
AI algorithm used to unpack neuroscience of human language
Using artificial intelligence (AI), scientists have unraveled the intricate brain activity that unfo ...View More










