Strange & Offbeat
How many more calories does muscle burn than fat?
While some organs, like the brain, work continuously, other body tissues, like muscle and fat, can e ...View More
How does alcohol cause cancer?
Alcohol is responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths per year in the Un ...View More
Common degu: Oversized hamsters with societies governed by pee
Name: Common degu (Octodon degus)Where it lives: Central ChileWhat it eats: Grasses, seeds, bark — a ...View More
'ELIZA,' the world's 1st chatbot, was just resurrected from 60-year-old computer code
Scientists have just resurrected "ELIZA," the world's first chatbot, from long-lost computer code — ...View More
Science news this week: Sunken worlds and 'kidney beans' on Mars
What hidden realms lie beneath our feet? In this week's science news, geologists uncovered a series ...View More
NASA's Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda galaxy
In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 ...View More
Doorbell camera captures 1st-ever video of the sound and sight of a meteorite crash-landing
A couple in Canada narrowly missed being struck by a meteorite that crashed outside their home just ...View More
The universe is expanding too fast to fit theories: Hubble tension in crisis
The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what prev ...View More
Bacteria in polymers form cables that grow into living gels
Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a sol ...View More
Doctor Performs Vasectomy on Himself, Shares Video on Social Media
A Taiwanese plastic surgeon has been getting a lot of attention for sharing a video of performing a ...View More
