Strange & Offbeat
Man Forges Grandparent’s Death Cetificate to Get Time Off from Work
A Singaporean man got fined thousands of dollars for forging his grandfather’s death certificate so ...View More
Lake Vostok: The 15 million-year-old lake buried miles beneath Antarctica's ice
Lake Vostok is a giant lake in Antarctica that is similar in size to North America's Lake Ontario. B ...View More
Watch record-breaking great white shark get tagged and released off East Coast
Researchers have tagged a giant great white shark off the East Coast of the U.S. that they say is th ...View More
Phoenix galaxy cluster in the act of extreme cooling
The core of a massive cluster of galaxies appears to be pumping out far more stars than it should. N ...View More
Record-speed waves on extremely water-repellent surfaces
Ripples, like ones produced by raindrops falling in a puddle, are also called capillary waves. Studi ...View More
The US is having its most active flu season in 15 years
The United States is experiencing its most severe flu season in more than a decade, with the U.S. Ce ...View More
Astronomers may have just spotted the fastest planetary system ever seen
Scientists may have spotted a tiny star, possibly with an alien world in tow, shooting through the M ...View More
'We were amazed': Astronomers discover oldest, biggest black hole jet in the known universe — and there may be more
Astronomers have discovered a black hole jet that erupted into existence when the universe was less ...View More
Scientists just rewrote our understanding of epigenetics
Scientists have uncovered a new way that cells control their genes — and it may rewrite our understa ...View More
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing lava 330 feet into the sky
In a fiery display, Kilauea volcano, on Hawaii's Big Island, spewed a gigantic fountain of lava roug ...View More
