Strange & Offbeat
Company Secretely Films Employees in Restroom, Posts Them on Wall of Shame
A Chinese company has come under fire for installing surveillance cameras in the restroom too see wh ...View More
Fossil discovery in the Geiseltal Collection: Researchers identify unique bird skull
Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 metres) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed th ...View More
Final synthetic yeast chromosome unlocks new era in biotechnology
Macquarie University researchers have worked with an international team of scientists to achieve a m ...View More
What are Zyn nicotine pouches? And are they bad for you?
For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the marketing of nico ...View More
Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the 'missing link' in the quest for superconductivity
Researchers have obtained the first conclusive evidence of an elusive third class of magnetism, call ...View More
Boom Supersonic's next-generation XB-1 passenger plane 1 step away from breaking the sound barrier
The unofficial successor to Concorde is one step closer to reality after Boom Supersonic marked the ...View More
Diagnostic dilemma: A man huffed computer cleaner for years. Then his hands started growing.
The patient: A 28-year-old man in New EnglandThe symptoms: For two years, the office worker had foun ...View More
'A frankly embarrassing result': We still know hardly anything about 95% of the universe
In this excerpt from "Matter: The Magnificent Illusion" (Polity, 2025, translated by Edward Williams ...View More
Doctor Shares Shocking X-Ray of Person Infested with Calcified Tapeworm Eggs
An ER doctor recently shared “one of the most insane X-rays he has ever seen,” showing a person’s lo ...View More
Scientists identify neurons in mice that, once activated, can change body's metabolic rate, induce hibernation-like state
A team led by researchers at Georgia State University has identified a novel group of neurons contro ...View More
