Watch Supersonic Shock Waves Launch from a Bottle of Champagne By Yasemin Saplakoglu The split-second pop of a champagne cork is created by a quick escape of high-pressure gas long stuck in the bottle's neck.
UFOs Are Real — and You Were Never Supposed to See Them, Military Official Says By Brandon Specktor Remember those viral UFO videos you saw last year? The government would like you to forget them, please.
Long-Standing Problem of 'Golden Ratio' and Other Irrational Numbers Solved with 'Magical Simplicity' By Leila Sloman Mathematicians have finally proved a conjecture on approximating numbers with fractions
Florida Man Discovers Decades-Old Dead Body Using Google Earth By Mindy Weisberger ecades after a man in Florida mysteriously disappeared, Google Earth revealed the location of his skeletal remains — inside a submerged car.
What a Waste! Frozen Poop Knives Are Crappy Cutters, Scientists Find By Mindy Weisberger Scientists ponder a wide variety of probing questions in pursuit of knowledge. One of those questions — can a knife made of frozen feces cut flesh? — has just been answered.
On Friday the 13th, Don't Be Freaked Out by the 'Micromoon' By Stephanie Pappas The full moon of September 2019 is poised to provide some eerie atmosphere.
Rare, Two-Headed Rattlesnake Named 'Double Dave' Rescued from Certain Doom in New Jersey By Brandon Specktor Four eyes, two tongues, can't lose.
Two Mathematicians Just Solved a Decades-Old Math Riddle — and Possibly the Meaning of Life By Brandon Specktor The answer is 42... but what was the question??
Loch Ness Contains No 'Monster' DNA, Say Scientists By Tom Metcalfe A scientific survey of the waters of Loch Ness found it contains no traces of "monster" DNA at all, adding weight to the already-likely prospect that "Nessie" doesn't really exist.
Mysterious Underwater Thieves Steal 1,600-Lb. Observatory from Bottom of Baltic Sea By Rafi Letzter No tide, storm or large animal could have moved the underwater metal bulk.
Mathematician Wins $3 Million Breakthrough Prize for 'Magic Wand Theorem' By Rafi Letzter Their research answered many questions. Among them: What happens if you put a candle in a room full of perfect mirrors?
Here's Why DARPA Wants to Borrow a Labyrinth of Underground Urban Tunnels By Rafi Letzter DARPA would like to enter your labyrinthine network of underground, urban tunnels.
Quantum Gravity Could Reverse Cause and Effect By Stephanie Pappas Any theory of quantum gravity is going to have to grapple with some weird time stuff.
Venomous Brown Recluse Spider Crawls into Woman's Ear By Isobel Whitcomb Susie Torres didn't expect that the strange 'swishing noise' she was hearing would turn out to have eight legs.
'Terminator' Android Preaches Buddhist Wisdom at Ancient Japanese Temple By Tom Metcalfe This android preaches Buddhist wisdom from the heart.
Dark 'Half-Magnets' from the Sun Could Be Streaming Through Us Every Day By Yasemin Saplakoglu Two theoretical physicists propose a novel idea to find dark matter — and it might actually be testable.
How a Silent Cosmos Led Humans to Fear the Worst By Thomas Moynihan If all aliens have gone extinct, what does the future hold for humanity?
'Evil-Genius' Neutrino Gun Could Finally Unmask the Tiniest Particles in the Universe By Paul Sutter Several giant experiments are hunting for neutrinos, the tiniest, most-elusive particles in the universe.
Too Much Karaoke Sent a Man to the Hospital with a Collapsed Lung By Mindy Weisberger A man in China sang karaoke for so long and with such intensity that he suffered a collapsed lung.
Bernie Sanders Pledges to Release Any Info About Aliens If He's Elected in 2020 By Elizabeth Howell Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D-VT) says he's prepared to disclose government information about UFOs if he wins in 2020.
