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Puppy-Size Roaches (and Other Bizarre Creatures) Pop Up in 'Beyond the Sixth Extinction'

By Mindy Weisberger

In a toxic landscape of the future, what strange animals might evolve?

Mysterious Leptoquarks Could Bind Both Types of Matter. That Is, If They Exist

By Rafi Letzter

The leptoquark is down to couple with leptons and quarks.

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Scientists Across the Globe Are Hunting for Pure Randomness

By Michael Dhar

Quantum weirdness and Twitter feeds add to the entropy in these public randomness beacons.

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Tiny Hawaiian Gecko Accidentally Calls 'a Bazillion' People from Hospital Phone, Wins the Internet

By Brandon Specktor

Oh, hi, guys. It's me, Mr. Gecko.

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Can Seeds in a Dead Person's Stomach Really Sprout into Trees?

By Laura Geggel

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Why Do Book Pages Turn Yellow Over Time?

By Aylin Woodward

Already Weird Atoms Get Stranger, May Hold Ability to Bond with 'Nothing'

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

Trilobite atoms can bind to ghost atoms, aka those that don't exist.

Inside this neutron star, the strongest stuff in the universe may be hiding.

The Strongest Material in the Universe Could Be (Nuclear) Pasta

By Brandon Specktor

These noodles of neutrons may be 10 billion times stronger than steel.

For Tiny Light Particles, 'Before' and 'After' Mean Nothing

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

This is how something can be both "before" and "after" something else.

This ProtoDUNE detector was filled with 800 tons of liquid argon.

This Experiment Will Shoot Ghostly Particles Through Earth, Answer Why We Exist

By Don Lincoln

An international group of physicists has announced that they have seen the first signals in a cube-shaped detector called ProtoDUNE.

Girl picking her nose.

10 Reasons Why Humans Are So Gross

By Chelsea Gohd

Have you ever wondered why humans are so … gross? We burp, we smell, we sneeze — humans do disgusting things all day long.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks onstage at the Long Center on February 6, 2018 in Austin, Texas.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Reminds Us Why Smoking Weed in Space Is a Bad Idea

By Brandon Specktor

The famed astrophysicist would prefer if you didn't smoke weed in space, thanks.

Close-up of a woman's eye.

The Human Eye Can See 'Ghost Images'

By Stephanie Pappas

Scientists have discovered that the human eye has a spooky ability.

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Bizarre Physics Phenomenon Suggests Objects Can Be Two Temperatures at Once

By Meredith Fore

Schrödinger's cat has a new friend: Schrödinger's thermometer.

Cannibal Nutrition and Self-Colonoscopies Win Accolades at the 2018 Ig Nobels

By Mindy Weisberger

Who went home with the top prizes at the 2018 Ig Nobels?

Weird Science Stars in Ig Nobel Awards: Watch Live Tonight

By Mindy Weisberger

Who will take home this year's Ig Nobels, the world's most unusual science prizes?

Watch LIVE: The 2018 Ig Nobel Awards, Tonight @ 5:40 p.m. ET

By Mindy Weisberger

Who will take home this year's Ig Nobels, the world's most unusual science prizes?

7,000 Bugs and Lizards Were Stolen from a Museum … and the Buzz Is, the Employees Did It

By Mindy Weisberger

Thieves recently made off with 7,000 bugs and lizards from a Philadelphia museum.

The Andromeda galaxy and everything else in the known universe, including us, could be part of an advanced simulation. Indeed, this is the most probable scenario, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on comedian Joe Rogan's podcast on Sept. 7, 2018.

We're Probably Living in a Simulation, Elon Musk Says

By Mike Wall

Physicists, Hunting the 'Dark Photon,' Will Blast a Diamond with Antimatter

By Rafi Letzter

A new experiment in Italy will seek an unlikely particle that some scientists think could unlock the "dark sector" of our universe.