Strange & Offbeat
Paleo-Inuit people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago, archaeologists discover
Paleo-Inuit people reached remote islands in the High Arctic off the northwest coast of Greenland ne ...View More
Gut bacteria can sense their environment and it’s key to your health
The gut microbiome, also called the gut flora, plays a vital role in human health. This enormous and ...View More
'Night owls' may have worse heart health — but why?
Some people hit their stride in the morning, while others feel most awake and productive at night. B ...View More
Microbes in Iceland are hoarding nitrogen, and that's mucking up the nutrient cycle
As high-latitude soils warm, microbes in the soil change how they handle nutrients like nitrogen. No ...View More
A hidden Aloe vera compound takes aim at Alzheimer’s
Scientists are continuing to search for new ways to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive br ...View More
Physicists push quantum boundaries by turning a superfluid into a supersolid — and back — for the first time
Scientists just watched a bizarre phase of matter turn into an even stranger one. For the first time ...View More
This weird deep-sea creature was named by thousands of people online
The Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA), working with scientific publisher Pensoft Publishers ...View More
Anglo-Saxon children discovered buried with warrior gear in UK — perhaps as a nod to 'the men these children might have become'
Four early Anglo-Saxon swords uncovered during a recent archaeological excavation I took part in eac ...View More
These 773,000-year-old fossils may reveal our shared human ancestor
Perfectly timed fossils from Morocco reveal a forgotten African population living near the very root ...View More
'A second set of eyes': AI-supported breast cancer screening spots more cancers earlier, landmark trial finds
A first-of-its-kind trial demonstrates that AI-assisted mammography can improve the outcomes of pati ...View More
