1. That sounds really weird.
and
2. They're hoping to use this information for new engineering materials. picked by Blankspace73 5 months ago

As a society, we have a long history of getting whipped into a collective frenzy over threats to our health or children that are nearly (or completely) non-existent. No danger is too small or remote to be exaggerated and screamed from the headlines. picked by karenben 5 months ago

A woman survived nine hours in sub-zero temperatures after falling 30ft into an icy ravine picked by karenben 5 months ago

A fossil of a new marine crocodile species found in Brazil shows the reptiles survived the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A tortoise that smokes and appears to be addicted to nicotine has been discovered in China's northeastern province of Jilin. The animal is the pet of a man, identified by his surname Yun, who is himself a smoker. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A military family relocates, but can't find the cat. A stranger found the cat in the family's chimney.

*this is a bit over the top with "God" and "Patriotism", but I'm glad the kitty is safe. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A massive whirling vortex recently discovered over Saturn's south pole has features that are similar to hurricanes on Earth and unlike anything astronomers have seen before, a new study finds. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

According to some ethicists, The current medical definition of death is wrong … and this mistake is costing lives. The controversy centres around organ donation, in which doctors remove organs from brain dead patients: picked by doggylives 5 months ago

A doggie day care left him outside in a fenced in area for a few minutes. When the dog walker returned, the pooch was gone with no manner of escape evident. A nearby hawk flew off with him. picked by moe 5 months ago

Recorded almost 20 years before the first recording credited to Thomas Edison picked by tigertony 5 months ago

But Nicky is not just another of the millions of Britons who smoke cannabis regularly. She chose to experiment with the drug as part of a BBC documentary in which she investigated just how damaging smoking different forms of the drug can be. She even allowed herself to be injected with pure THC. picked by tigertony 5 months ago

To celebrate the 199th birthday of the father of evolution, the New Humanist asks several scientists what they’d like to say to him round the supper table. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

The date of 2008.03.19 marked the brightest ever cosmic explosion observed from the Earth. The outburst denoted as GRB 080319B was probably the death of a massive star leading to the creation of a black hole. Watch video here. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn have detected for the first time a molecule closely related to an amino acid: amino acetonitrile. The organic molecule was found with a 30 metre radio telescope in Spain and two radio interferometers in France and Australia in the "Large Molecule Heimat", a giant gas cloud near the galactic centre in the conste... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

European have been discovered in a cave in Spain, pushing back the beginnings of human occupation of the Continent by up to 400,000 years. The jawbone and teeth found in the Atapuerca hills, near Burgos, have been reliably dated to between 1.1 million and 1.2 million years ago, and probably come from a female who was among the first ancient humans to inhabit Europe. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A schoolgirl wasted away and died after developing such a fear of dentists that she would not even open her mouth to eat. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Evidence of the biggest meteorite ever to hit the British Isles has been found by a team of scientists. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Astronomers have peered into the womb of a stellar disk to capture an image of material falling onto what could be a planet in an early stage of formation. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A sniff test of water vapor spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus shows it is gushing with organic molecules, increasing the possibility of life existing somewhere in the Saturn system. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Petra the swan has a new home and so does her beloved swan-shaped paddleboat.

update to cb's post, here picked by muppet 5 months ago

What would we do without headline writers?

Oh, yeah. Have accurate headlines.

MSNBC claims "life on Mars"... but what they mean, is salt.
Response to: picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

The tuatara resembles a lizard and is found only in New Zealand.

To make the estimate of evolutionary speed, researchers recovered DNA sequences from the bones of ancient tuatara. The team found that although tuatara have remained largely unchanged physically over very long periods of evolution, they are evolving — at a DNA level — faster than any other animal yet examined. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

The seals are in for it again! picked by topofall 5 months ago

Of all the place I would not expect this...to those of you too young to recall, Three Mile Island is home to what almost became the American version of Chernobyl*.

*If you are too young too know what Chernobyl was, freaking google it, I am too lazy to provide a link. But it was a million laughs for sure. picked by moe 5 months ago

Psychologists reckon that happier marriages result from attractive women who wed uglier men.

And women who marry handsome men had better watch out. Men who saw themselves as better looking than their wives were more likely to be disgruntled and have negative feelings about their marriage, experts found. picked by extc68 5 months ago