Strange & Offbeat
What is alkaptonuria? The rare disease that turns your pee black
Disease name: Alkaptonuria, also known as "black urine disease"Affected populations: The exact preva ...View More
Gravitational waves offer a 'cosmic DNA test' for black holes
You can tell a lot about a human being's ancestry from their general characteristics. A child can ha ...View More
Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered distant, overly massive sup ...View More
'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says
NASA scientists have just spotted a hunk of space rock that could smack into Earth in 2032. And whil ...View More
Bad hair bears! Greasy hair gives polar bears fur with anti-icing properties
An international team of scientists has discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur -- someth ...View More
Humans to Compete Against Humanoid Robots at Upcoming Half-Marathon
China’s capital city of Beijing is all set to host an interesting half-marathon that will set thousa ...View More
1,600-year-old Roman padlock with spring mechanism discovered in Germany — and it's tiny
A metal detectorist in Germany has discovered a 1,600-year-old miniature gold lock that's one of a k ...View More
Chinese company Alibaba says its AI model trounces its DeepSeek and OpenAI competitors
Chinese tech company Alibaba has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that it claims ou ...View More
Climate change is speeding up, study of ocean warming reveals
Earth's oceans are getting warmer at an accelerating rate, researchers find — indicating that climat ...View More
Yellowstone National Park earthquake shakes hottest and oldest geothermal area
A minor earthquake has hit Yellowstone National Park, shaking the hottest and oldest geothermal area ...View More
