Strange News Archive
28 March 2013, 11:43 AM ET
Carnivorous Humboldt squid flash skin-color changing rhythms when they encounter others of their species. Scientists don't yet know what these 'conversations' mean. Video-cams strapped to squid show arm-waving, fighting and mating behaviors.
27 March 2013, 05:38 PM ET
For only the third time ever, scientists have detected a tau neutrino changing flavor at an underground laboratory
27 March 2013, 02:16 PM ET
A memo recounting a strange story about three 'flying saucers' in New Mexico has been viewed nearly a million times in the past two years.
27 March 2013, 10:15 AM ET
The strange lights over the Texas night sky have been identified.
26 March 2013, 08:19 PM ET
Brain organization, not size, drove most of the evolution in primate brains over the last 40 million years
26 March 2013, 05:00 PM ET
With seven sexes to chose from, Tetrahymena thermophila picks randomly.
26 March 2013, 12:31 PM ET
There might also be a rational explanation for the circular patterns.
25 March 2013, 08:35 PM ET
The new mantel-cloaking technique hides objects in microwave light.
25 March 2013, 02:40 PM ET
In certain conditions, tree sap may reach extreme negative pressures and emit popping sounds.
25 March 2013, 12:44 PM ET
Amusing trivia tidbits from the world of science and history.
22 March 2013, 04:27 PM ET
Physicists were hard pressed to define nothing.
22 March 2013, 01:42 PM ET
From gravitons and winos to the chameleon particle, here are five bizarre things that may exist beyond the Higgs.
22 March 2013, 09:32 AM ET
Different brain cells fire when we encounter a strange place versus a similar place with tiny changes, new research suggests
21 March 2013, 12:59 PM ET
Scientists have found a way to make DNA self-assemble into spheres, corkscrews, and other shapes, the first step towards creating nano-robots for the human body.
20 March 2013, 01:17 PM ET
Recreating an event yet to happen, Director Brea Tisdale and crew must make a super-volcano engulf a city on-screen, capturing human reactions of its residents to the disaster. The Weather Channel's series explores civilization-ending scenarios.
19 March 2013, 12:08 PM ET
It's a mental disorder called koro that has underpinnings in belief in black magic.
19 March 2013, 09:47 AM ET
At the annual Explorers Club dinner, exotic foods galore were on offer during appetizer hour.
19 March 2013, 09:45 AM ET
The Weather Channel explores scientifically accurate "what-if" scenarios that could end civilization...or worse. Super-volcanoes, mega-tsunamis, rogue planets, huge solar flares and more aren't as far-fetched as you think.
18 March 2013, 05:00 PM ET
A rare bone deformity suggests incestuous mating may have been common.
18 March 2013, 02:22 PM ET
There's no evidence that people who think they've had an out-of-body experience have actually gone anywhere.
15 March 2013, 03:13 PM ET
Turns out these mammal-devouring spiders are spread throughout the world.
15 March 2013, 08:41 AM ET
A team of Chinese physicists has put a speed limit on quantum interactions.
14 March 2013, 06:19 PM ET
From gravitons and winos to the chameleon particle, here are five bizarre things that may exist beyond the Higgs.
14 March 2013, 02:35 PM ET
The Higgs is hardly the only mystery of the universe to plumb.
14 March 2013, 02:23 PM ET
Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider say results from the latest round of research suggest the particle's spin mirrors that of a Higgs.
FACEBOOK ACTIVITY
TWITTER ACTIVITY
