All news on the topic: Weird Science

A Texas man who has lived in a giant iron contraption for over 70 years due to Polio, shared what happens when the machine he relied on broke down. Paul Alexander wrote a memoir using a pen in his mouth

Scientists say the signals could be generated by extra terrestrials and have speculated the frequencies are either messages being sent or a way to power space craft

Dermatologist Dr Charles Puza, who uses 'the science of beauty' to explain how to get the most out of your makeup, has gone viral with his latest technique to achieve that chiseled look

Research suggests early humans were nearly wiped off the face of the Earth 900,000 years ago when the planet approached a severe cooling period which last more than 100,000 years

The new zombie-like fungus, now named Purpureocillium, belongs to the same family as cordyceps, made famous by HBO's The Last of Us, and feasts on trapdoor spiders

One NASA scientist claimed that it's not a question of if we will find alien life, but when. While she said we’re close to finding life in our own solar system, others disagree.

Depending on the planet's gravitational pull due to where it is in its solar system, life there could have evolved into elephant-sized spiders or even mice like rhinoceroses, according to leading scientist Richard Dawkins

For the first time in up to 120,000 years, we can see what the face of what is thought to be the oldest ever Homo sapiens, after his skull was used to complete a forensic reconstruction by a Brazilian expert

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by mycobacterium leprae - carried by armadillos who are reportedly migrating north as far as Michigan

If you think wasps are already irritating, the stinging insects are about to go sugar mad as larvae leave the nest - searching for their fix from people's picnics

Scientists have been pondering for the last three decades over what - or who - could be sending the 21-minute waves, which they initially thought may have come from a dying star

A French woman was left injured after a 50g meteorite crashed into the roof of her home in Schirmeck, leaving experts baffled over the rare sighting, which hasn't been seen in the region "in decades"

Retired naval officer Joseph Dituri has spent more than three months living inside a 100sq-ft pod in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to research the effects of pressurised environments on the human body

The pool, which contained extremely cold water despite the glorious sunshine that day, could be seen to have soft bubbling sand covering the bottom

The Thismia, commonly known as "fairy lanterns", is characterised by its unusual appearance, and lack of photosynthesis - and the plant is very rare as it can only grow in certain places

If your parents ever told you to think positive thoughts in order to bring about positive outcomes then it turns out they might have been onto something, as a neuroscientist has explained how our outlook can affect our happiness

Noel Fielding is back on TV in The Great British Bake Off - but off-screen the quirky presenter lives with his long-term partner and their two kids in leafy Highgate

Of those who have thought about what they want to happen to their remains, popular options include a traditional burial underground - or donating their body to science

The one in 2,500 anomaly led to a mutant calf being born to a struggling heifer. Farmer Leslie Hunewill said: 'As it was dark, windy, and snowy, it wasn’t immediately apparent that the calf had two heads, though it was evident that something was different'

The patches of bare ground, which form circles between two and 12 metres wide and are found across Australia's deserts, were originally recorded in Africa in the 1970s, but it took scientists until now to discover where they came from

If you're looking to burn fat when you go to the gym, you may want to reconsider your schedule as scientists have worked out there could be an optimum time to boost your metabolism

Potato housing on Mars sounds like bad science fiction but it could be a reality according to researchers who have invented StarCrete - concrete made from starch

TV historian Dan Snow has appealed to the public after trophy hunters stole the head of a shark from a beach in Hampshire. Scientists hoped to examine the brain of the 'once in a lifetime' find

Eno Alaric said there will be major scientific discoveries made after 8,000 people get chosen by an alien to save the planet. He also claimed on TikTok there will be a major tsunami and earthquake

Jean-Michel Claverie, a French scientist has raised concerns about a 'zombie virus' that spent over 48,000 years frozen in permafrost, Siberia. He has been studying the viruses to understand the potential risks they pose