Strange & Offbeat
Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases
Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds ...View More
Dynamic acoustics of hand clapping, elucidated
In a scene toward the end of the 2006 film, "X-Men: The Last Stand," a character claps and sends a s ...View More
Jewish ritual bath discovered near Rome is the 'oldest discovery of its kind in the world'
Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewis ...View More
Rare mammoth tusk found on West Texas ranch
A hunter looking for deer on a West Texas ranch instead discovered a rare mammoth tusk, researchers ...View More
Most ancient Europeans had dark skin, eyes and hair up until 3,000 years ago, new research finds
Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into the Iron Age, about 3,000 years ag ...View More
Entwined dwarf stars reveal their location thanks to repeated radio bursts
An international team of astronomers led by Dr Iris de Ruiter, now at the University of Sydney, has ...View More
Black holes: not endings, but beginnings? New research could revolutionize our understanding of the universe
New research suggests black holes may transition into 'white holes', ejecting matter and potentially ...View More
First operating system for quantum networks
Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) researchers at TU Delft, QuTech, University of Innsbruck, INRIA and ...View More
1.4 million-year-old skull found in Spain is 'earliest human face of Western Europe'
Fragments of a skull found in Spain reveal that human ancestors arrived in Western Europe far earlie ...View More
Liftoff! NASA launches SPHEREx telescope — an infrared observatory that will help JWST solve the mysteries of the universe
NASA has launched a new infrared space telescope into orbit that is set to rival the James Webb Spac ...View More
