History is full of strange experiments in firepower, and not every design was destined for mass production. From makeshift pistols hacked together in garages to bizarre hybrids that merged swords, ...

"In spring, this ice begins to warm up and sublimate. The last remnants of this ice are located on the shaded side of the dune tops, and that is where the blocks break off from once the temperature is ...

Quantum physicists are familiar with wonky, seemingly nonsensical phenomena: atoms and molecules sometimes act as particles, ...

A new experiment has demonstrated something that sounds physically impossible – light itself casting a shadow. It turns out that if you manipulate a laser just right, then hit it side-on with another ...

A post on X claims that “strange experiments” are causing rings to be seen around the sun in a photograph of the Arizona sky. With “climate change” becoming a hotly debated issue in politics, many ...

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Paper airplanes flew, scientists sang about stomach bugs and one person dressed as a giant ball of mozzarella: Last Thursday, the 35th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony honored strange scientific pursuits with ...

Donald Kellogg was just 10 months old when his parents started an experiment on him and Gua, the chimpanzee, to see if the ...