Weird Science

The Milky Way galaxy is a big place.With well over a hundred billion stars and plenty of planets in orbit around them, it makes sense...

Christian sects have been predicting the end of the world for millennia, continuing all the way up to the present day. It's...

Mars, the closest planet to the Earth, is a barren wasteland.The world has no atmosphere, and its surface is covered in dust and rock,...

When we reported on the 61-year-old DIY rocketeer and apparent Flat Earther Mike Hughes' plans to launch a homemade rocket over the...

Results tend to be mixed when an artificial intelligence does something creative. And when you ask an AI to play an...

Do you ever wish you had a photographic memory? Or the ability to learn new skills quickly and easily, without all the hassle of...

By now, Scott C. Waring is pretty much a fixture in the world of alien conspiracy theories, especially when it comes to Mars--he...

Some mysteries are probably better off left unsolved.   Case in point: The secrets of deep-sea anglerfish have intrigued...

Believe it or not, there's usually a rational explanation for pretty much everything tied to alien sightings.Sometimes, though, the...

A lot of fuss has been made over the past few weeks about Bennu, a giant asteroid that has a 2000 to 1 chance of crashing into the...

If you took all of planet Earth's supply of gold, melted it down (minus impurities), and attempted to fill as many Olympic-sized...

Did Vladimir Putin order the death of Alexander Litvinenko? What about Sergei Skripal? Was the Russian government involved in swaying...

A new artificial intelligence has been constructed that is better than humans at reading emotions. This isn't based on the facial...

Gravity is a fun thing.Heavy things pull towards each other throughout the universe, and this can often have unusual results. When a...

The temple of Seti I, an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, contains an intriguing set of hieroglyphs that have been inspiring discussion for...

Recently, news has been circulating about how, apparently, NASA isn't going to be able to do anything to save us from asteroid Bennu...

Professor Bernard Carr is a professor of mathematics and astronomy at the Queen Mary University of London. He studied under Stephen...

Remember last week, when we learned that NASA has official plans to blow up deadly asteroids with nuclear bombs? Well, we've got more...

Has your balance been a bit... Off lately? Do you feel any weakness in your left leg and arm? If you were to check those symptoms on...

What a time to be alive.You've heard of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Now get ready for a series of billboards that...