Strange & Offbeat
Ritually bent Bronze Age sword unearthed in Danish bog is 'very rare find'
A metal detectorist has unearthed a long, bronze sword that was bent into an S shape during an ...View More
Infamous 'sofa problem' that boggled mathematicians for decades may finally have a solution
Twenty-five years too late to help Ross get his new couch into his apartment in "Friends," a ma ...View More
Man Spends 3 Days Stuck in Well Because People Mistook His Cries for Ghost Wailing
A 22-year-old man spent three days trapped at the bottom of a 12-meter-deep well because villagers w ...View More
Particle that only has mass when moving in one direction observed for first time
For the first time, scientists have observed a collection of particles, also known as a quasiparticl ...View More
A new discovery about the source of the vast energy in cosmic rays
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays, which emerge in extreme astrophysical environments -- like the roilin ...View More
Asteroid news, features and articles
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Tiny poops in the ocean may help solve the carbon problem
A Dartmouth-led study proposes a new method for recruiting trillions of microscopic sea creatures ca ...View More
Delivering medicines with microscopic 'flowers'
These small particles are reminiscent of paper flowers or desert roses. Physicians can use them to g ...View More
New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear
New photos have revealed a pair of gigantic white thunderstorms raging in one of Jupiter's larg ...View More
Ancient 'land bridge' that connected Siberia to US wasn't what it seems, scientists find
The Bering land bridge that spanned between Siberia and Alaska during the Ice Age was more of a ...View More
