Strange News

U.S. Navy videos of alleged UFO sightings were previously available but had not been officially declassified.

Footage of hypersonic metallic UFO shown by Pentagon officials at historic hearing

By Ben Turner published 17 May 22

Pentagon officials speaking at the first public hearing on UFOs since the 1960s have shown previously classified footage of an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP).

A government employee photographed a UFO that hovered for 15 minutes near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico, on Dec.16, 1957.

Watch live: Pentagon UFO sightings will finally be publicly aired at today's Congressional hearing

By Ben Turner published 16 May 22

The U.S. Congress is set to hold its first public hearing on UFOs since the 1960s on Tuesday (May 17). Here's what to expect.

A metal kettle attached to a log structure hangs over a campfire near a lake.

Why does wood catch fire, but metal doesn't?

By JoAnna Wendel published 15 May 22

Burning is the release of energy, and some materials like metals, can absorb energy better than others, such as wood.

The Mars Curiosity rover’s Mast camera snapped this intriguing image of the Red Planet, showing a “doorway” structure, on May 7, 2022, or Sol 3466 in Martian days.

The 'doorway' seen on Mars is not for aliens. Here's how it really formed.

By Tom Metcalfe published 13 May 22

The internet erupted after a photograph from the Mars Curiosity rover appeared to show an "alien door," experts are pretty sure it's just a natural feature.

A screenshot from the EVNautilus Youtube video on the 'yellow brick road' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TID2kc8yb9Q&t=1s

Eerie 'yellow brick road' to Atlantis discovered atop ancient undersea mountain

By Brandon Specktor published 12 May 22

Researchers exploring underwater mountains near Hawaii discovered a bizarre "yellow brick road" on an ancient seamount.

A photo of Dolly, the cloned sheep in Roslin, Scotland on Sept. 2, 1997.

Why haven't we cloned a human yet?

By Joe Phelan published 9 May 22

Here's a look at the science for why we haven't cloned any humans yet.

Elliott Tanner has just graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in physics aged 13.

Meet Elliott Tanner, the 13-year-old who just got his college degree in physics

By Harry Baker published 29 April 22

13-year-old prodigy Elliott Tanner has graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in physics and mathematics.

A skull of Homo floresiensis, a species nicknamed hobbits

Human 'hobbit' ancestor may be hiding in Indonesia, new controversial book claims

By Stephanie Pappas published 25 April 22

An anthropologist argues that stories of an "ape-man" in Indonesia reflect the continued survival of an ancient human ancestor.

An illustration of time, space-time, with a clock and a cosmic background.

Time might not exist — but that's okay

By Sam Baron published 24 April 22

Does time exist? The answer to this question may not be as obvious as it first seems.

This artist's impression shows the decay of a lutetium-149 nucleus into a ytterbium-148 nucleus and a proton.

Scientists create weird pumpkin-shaped nucleus that vanishes in nanoseconds

By Stephanie Pappas published 6 April 22

A newly created isotope of the silvery metal lutetium has a strange squashed nucleus and a half-life of just a few hundred nanoseconds.

8 ways you can see Einstein's theory of relativity in real life

By Jesse Emspak published 28 March 22

Reference Relativity is one of the most famous scientific theories of the 20th century, but how well does it explain the things we see in our daily lives?

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The circular structure seen in Google Earth images off the coast of Peru is raising cries of "UFO."

Odd circular shape beneath the ocean in Google Earth images is probably not aliens

By Stephanie Pappas published 23 March 22

A weird circular shape on Google Earth has ocean-floor UFO hunters crying "alien."

The researchers used small pieces of dough to test the rise with and without yeast.

Scientists make yeast-free pizza dough that rises like the real thing

By Nicoletta Lanese published 22 March 22

Their goal was to make tasty dough without a chemical agent.

In this illustrative concept image, a black hole is sucking in all the nearby matter in space.

Black holes may grow quantum 'hair'

By Stephanie Pappas published 21 March 22

The quantum state of a black hole's gravitational field may hold clues as to what is beyond the event horizon.

A close-up of the head of a dromedary camel is shown at the Wroclaw Zoological Garden in Poland.

Escaped petting zoo camel attacks and kills 2 men in Tennessee

By Jeanna Bryner published 12 March 22

A camel attacked and killed two men outside of Memphis, Tennessee, after escaping a petting zoo Thursday (March 10).

The head and torso of the mummy, which likely belonged to a small monkey.

Haunting 'mermaid' mummy in Japan is probably a gruesome monkey-fish mix

By Harry Baker published 8 March 22

Researchers in Japan have begun a new study into a 300-year-old "mermaid mummy" to determine the exact origins of the gruesome remains.

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery is a small cemetery in a forest on the outskirts of Chicago that has earned a reputation as the most haunted graveyard in the United States.

11 of the most haunted places in the US

By Tom Metcalfe published 27 February 22

You don’t need to believe in ghosts to enjoy a ghost story.

Scientists recently captured the first-ever scan of a dying human brain when an elderly patient suddenly died while he was being scanned.

First-ever scan of a dying human brain reveals life may actually 'flash before your eyes'

By Harry Baker published 26 February 22

A new case report of a man dying from a sudden heart attack while having an electroencephalogram has given scientists the first scan of a dying human brain.

The origin of life might be discovered by looking into our DNA

7 theories on the origin of life

By Charles Q. Choi, Scott Dutfield published 14 February 22

Reference From lightning to space rocks, here are ideas for how the first life on Earth came to be.