Offbeat
Chillax, it’s whatevs — new words added to Oxford dictionary
"Oxford Dictionary needs to be stopped" -- our copy editor, upon reading the list.
Blank paper on ninja history wins top grades — it was written in invisible ink
The student wrote the paper using the ninja technique of "aburidashi -- and her professor loved it!
Biology assignment exposes sushi restaurants for using false ingredients
Are you really what you eat?
Alan Turing to feature on new £50 note
A worthy recognition for one of the world's greatest scientists.
Over 1 million people join Facebook event to ‘storm area 51’ and ‘see them aliens’
No one: The internet: Let's storm Area 51!
Supermarkets in Thailand start using leaves as packaging instead of plastic
It's sustainable both environmentally and economically.
Perception Is Reality: The Looking-Glass Self
According to sociologist Charles Horton Cooley, individuals develop their concept of self by observing how they are perceived by others, a concept Cooley coined as the “looking-glass self.”
Why the bubbles from Guinness go down, not up
The beer bubbles exhibit an unusual phenomenon, which researchers felt warrants a closer look.
The best black hole photo memes the internet has to offer
Get sucked into the joyous celebration of the black hole image.
These “Night-Sky” petunias look like they hold galaxies in their petals
There's something very cosmic about these earthly flowers.
Movies can be used to get people to help in anti-corruption efforts
Who said movies never teach you anything?
Do DNA tests make for good gifts?
Just a few years ago, DNA testing was a scientific pursuit -- and a rather expensive one at that. But the technology has advanced and cheapened so much, that people routinely...
Researchers find owner of frozen seal poop USB
It's not clear how the USB ended up inside the seal.
Here’s how you can feed your ex’s spirit animal (a bug) to a meerkat
A timeless Valentine's gift.
Japanese hotel fires robots to replace them with humans
They took our jobs! Uhm... no wait... we took their jobs!!
