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Dark ovals in Jupiter's polar haze, visible only at UV wavelengths, were first noticed 25 years ago, then ignored. A new study shows that these dark UV ovals are common, appearing at the south pole in 75% of Hubble Space Telescope images...Monday, December 2, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for self-assembling electronic devices. The proof-of-concept work was used to create diodes and transistors, and paves the way for self-assembling more complex electronic devices without...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research has found.Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A new theory, that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single photon.Monday, December 2, 2024 from Daily Express :: Weird Feed
Kelly Green and her family live on Tristan Da Cunha - one of a group of remote volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean where access via boat takes a weekFriday, November 22, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A massive collision of galaxies sparked by one travelling at a scarcely-believable 2 million mph (3.2 million km/h) has been seen in unprecedented detail by one of Earth's most powerful telescopes. The dramatic impact was observed in...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Weird News RSS Feed
A Spanish court has upheld a ruling that a supermarket worker was unlawfully fired for having eaten a croquette that was going to be thrown away after not having been sold from the store’s deli section. The worker was fired in July 2023...Monday, November 25, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from a passing spacecraft. The research gives engineers and...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
For the first time, Ethiopian wolves have been documented feeding on the nectar of Ethiopian red hot poker flowers. This is the first large carnivore species ever to be documented feeding on nectar. In doing so, the wolves may act as...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists have presented results on the acoustic characteristics of a physical model of the Parasaurolophus' crest. They created a physical setup made of tubes to represent a mathematical model that will allow researchers to discover...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
While astronomers have taken about two dozen zoomed-in images of stars in our galaxy, unveiling their properties, countless other stars dwell within other galaxies, so far away that observing even one of them in detail has been extremely...Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an 'extraordinary' way.Wednesday, November 27, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Paleoindians at Wyoming's LaPrele mammoth site made needles from the bones of fur-bearers, likely to creat garments from the animals' furs to keep warm in a cool climate.Monday, November 25, 2024 from Weird News RSS Feed
A desert oasis hidden away in the dunes in the far reaches of skyscraper-studded Dubai has drawn a surprising new set of weary world travelers: a pack of Argentinian rodents. A number of Patagonian mara, a rabbit-like mammal with long...Sunday, October 20, 2024 from Weird and wacky news from around the world
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Monday, November 25, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
We distance ourselves from completely neutral products if they are liked by people who have political views that we find disagreeable. Even chocolate can be political, according to new research from Sweden. The behavior is reinforced if...Monday, December 2, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A theoretical study suggests that small black holes born in the early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels, and that we should start looking within rocks and old buildings for them. The research...Thursday, November 28, 2024 from Weird News RSS Feed
In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner delivered. But some residents living well off the grid nevertheless have turkeys this holiday, thanks to the Alaska Turkey Bomb. For the third...Wednesday, November 27, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have been able to identify undigested food remains, plants and prey in the fossilized feces of dinosaurs. These analyses of hundreds of samples provide clues about the role dinosaurs played in the ecosystem around 200 million...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in sacrificial rituals.Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme phase of stellar evolution, and one...Monday, December 2, 2024 from Daily Express :: Weird Feed
Stains crop up everywhere now and then, but they can be more common around the Christmas period. Afterall, excitement can result in spillages.Monday, November 18, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Humans and animals move with remarkable economy without consciously thinking about it by utilizing the natural oscillation patterns of their bodies. A new tool can now utilize this knowledge for the first time to make robots move more...Monday, November 25, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Studying the filter-feeding mechanism of mobula rays, engineers developed a new design for industrial cross-flow water filters. Research shows the filter-feeders strike a natural balance between permeability and selectivity that could...Friday, November 29, 2024 from Weird News RSS Feed
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday. Justin Sun peeled off the duct tape and enjoyed...Monday, November 25, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A team has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the squirting cucumber squirt? The findings were achieved through a combination of experiments, high-speed videography, image analysis, and advanced...Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from Weird and wacky news from around the world
Monday, November 18, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down -- an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth's ancient environments that could be significant in the...Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A groundbreaking study sheds light on the extraordinary evolution of anglerfish, a group of deep-sea dwellers whose bizarre adaptations have captivated scientists and the public alike. The research uncovers how these enigmatic creatures...Monday, November 18, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
It turns out gaming is good for you! New research indicates massive multiplayer online gamers learn by gaming and their skills in the workplace are enriched by those seemingly endless hours previously thought of as frittering away time.Monday, December 2, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists find making a seaweed additive more accessible to grazing cattle reduces methane emissions 40% and could make cattle farming more sustainable.Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from Weird News RSS Feed
Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” its word of the year. It's defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,” especially from consuming too much low-grade online content. Oxford University...Monday, December 2, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists have a new way to use data from high-energy particle smashups to peer inside protons. Their approach uses quantum information science to map out how particle tracks streaming from electron-proton collisions are influenced by...Tuesday, November 26, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A striking new phenomenon is emerging: distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves that are so extreme, they fall far beyond what any model of global warming can predict or explain. A new study provides the first worldwide map of...Monday, December 2, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific locations -- in a tissue sample, for...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Trust between humans and robots is improved when the movement between both is harmonized, researchers have discovered.Monday, November 25, 2024 from Weird News RSS Feed
Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action. A weasel with a tiny shoe in its mouth was spotted on the video footage after police...Monday, December 2, 2024 from Daily Express :: Weird Feed
DIY expert and ITV Love Your Weekend presenter Vikkie Lee had to use an axe and hammer to hack away at the door's wooden surround to drag it open.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A re-engineered wearable ultrasound patch for continuous and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring has undergone comprehensive clinical validation on over 100 patients, marking a major milestone in wearable technology research. The soft,...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers study how Champatis roll and bounce down inclines. The authors released a heap of the seeds down an inclined plane while a camera recorded their descent to analyze their speed and the dynamics of their movement. The grains...Friday, November 29, 2024 from Daily Express :: Weird Feed
Alien life is "definitely" monitoring Earth's airbases, according to a British ufologist and film-maker after recent footage of an orb at Manchester Airport went viralMonday, November 25, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
A new study indicates that during the Late Neolithic, between 7000 and 5000 BCE, the fully agricultural communities in the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East, developed a complex culinary tradition that included the baking of large...Sunday, November 17, 2024 from Weird and wacky news from around the world
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Researchers have developed a platform to help AI learn to perform complex tasks more like humans. Called 'GUIDE,' it works by allowing humans to observe AI's actions in real-time and provide ongoing, nuanced feedback. Rather than relying...Sunday, December 1, 2024 from Weird and wacky news from around the world
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When bats can't hear, new research finds that these hearing-dependent animals employ a remarkable compensation strategy.Monday, November 25, 2024 from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily
Scientists have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies ever recorded on Earth. They provide evidence of cosmic processes emitting colossal amounts of energy, the origins of which are as yet unknown.Thursday, November 14, 2024 from Weird and wacky news from around the world