One night about 60 years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi looked up into the sky and asked, "Where is everybody?" He was talking about aliens. Today, scientists know that there are millions, perhaps ...

Grocery stores are like the theaters of everyday life, where the mundane meets the bizarre. From aisle to aisle, you're likely to witness an array of peculiar behaviors unique to this setting. While ...

That's why we've rounded up 13 of the most interesting things we've found on Mars that made us do a double take. We'll talk about how we've found it, why it's so perplexing, and what it might tell us ...

The human body is a masterpiece of engineering. Beyond the common facts everyone knows, there are peculiar abilities, rare ...

Doctor Strange #1 hits stores Wednesday. Stranded in Asgard, the Sorcerer Supreme visits Alfheim to prevent a war. Can Angela ...

Fowl Play: A History of Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate by Sally Coulthard. Apollo 2024 ($27.99) As you’re reading this, there are more than 20 billion chickens alive on the planet. They live ...

“I think it was inspired by seeing somebody with those two oppositional fashion gestures,” said Cake vocalist John McCrea of the song. “And that’s sort of what the song is about—directly oppositional ...

Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species wasn’t alone in ancient Ethiopia. This hominin had an opposable big ...