"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." The odd dwarf planet Quaoar might have a brand-new moon. Observations of the tiny ...

It turns out the voice acting for Shrek was recorded three times over. Chris Farley was initially cast as the ogre and had recorded nearly all of his lines before his passing in 1997. When Myers ...

Scientists in Japan have uncovered a strange new behavior in “heavy” electrons — particles that act as if they carry far more mass than usual. These electrons were found to be entangled, sharing a ...

Spicomellus lived 165 million years ago during Jurassic It was roughly 13 feet (4 meters) long and weighed 1-2 tons Spicomellus is a member of the ankylosaur dinosaur group Aug 27 (Reuters) - Around ...

Former first-round pick and starting left guard Cole Strange was among the 21 players the Patriots released Tuesday to meet the NFL’s 53-man roster deadline. Patriots rookie to retain starting job on ...

The New England Patriots parted ways with one of their former first-round picks on Tuesday afternoon. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Patriots waived offensive lineman Cole Strange Tuesday. The ...

No need to travel far, far away this weekend; the swamp is coming to Orlando with the Les Vixens’ Shrek-inspired burlesque spectacular, Far, Far Away: A Shrek-Inspired Burlesque Show. Expect a magical ...

It turns out that streaked shearwaters, a large species of seabird, are not unlike children. Just as children seem to inevitably need a bathroom break two minutes into a car ride, the birds poop ...

Scientists find that streaked shearwaters poop every four to ten minutes in flight—a strict schedule that doesn't apply when they're sitting on the water's surface. Yusuke Goto It turns out that ...

A strange mineral found in a meteorite does not behave like anything on Earth when it’s heated. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international ...

Researchers found DNA from a wide variety of parasites in river otter scat, suggesting these predators play an important role in culling infected individuals ...