Weird Science

This is an enormous treasure! Fossilised bones - 150 in "remarkable condition" - of seven giant dinosaurs believed to be the largest creatures ever to walk the Earth, have been unearthed in the desert near La...

An Italian has won an international physics award for proving that people would be able to walk on water. Well only on the Moon! Alberto Minetti, a professor of physiology at the University of Milan,...

Alkali Metals react with water to produce that metal's hydroxide and liberate Hydrogen Gas. Why 'loud booms' in the title? Well look at these pretty amazing videos below! Both videos present below show how alkali...

The essence of levitation technology is the countervailing of gravity. Given enough energy, scientists in Tokyo can move anything they want using sound waves. Ever thought about using sound to move things? Well, scientists at the University...

If you want to find the secret of the Universe, think in terms of ENERGY, FREQUENCY and VIBRATION. The Chladni plate experiment summarizes this Nicolas Tesla's vision of the world! And you will find it...

Amazing medical discovery: A previously unknown ligament is discovered  in the human knee. It plays an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears. For the last four years, orthopedic surgeons Dr Steven Claes...

Bad news, or good news? According to some new astrobiological research, our time here on Earth is finite, and we better find our way off it sooner rather than later.  The results of this research group from...

This post compiles some amazing news that I think everybody should be aware of! Yes, everybody! Mass production cloning in China! The world's largest centre for the cloning of pigs, run by a fast-growing company...

In this image, the topography of the earth has apparently been reversed. Geography is re-defined so that the continents are oceans, the oceans are continents, and various ranges of mountains that should be submerged...

People all across the country have recently began posting videos, and photo’s, of snow that will not melt. Some people are even reporting that the snow has a strange odor, like chemicals. Is the snow natural,...

We may have another "ocean" to add to the world map -- only this one is hidden hundreds of miles beneath our planet's surface. A new study suggests that a hidden "ocean" is nestled in...

A group of friends celebrating a bachelor party made an astonishing find – a giant fossil of the tusk and skull of what’s believed to be a Stegomastodon. Paleontologists there say it looked like a...

Insane video: A railroad tank car implodes under vacuum! That's crazy! Tell me if you have ever watched something like this! A wowzer to me! This is a railroad tank car imploding after placing a vacuum on the...

In a refreshingly pro-science move, the House Science Committee set aside two hours yesterday to discuss the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life. The ensuing conversation was fascinating, but at times infuriating, with the experts...

Did you know you can take photos of the Sun across the Earth? Our earth is breathing and her heart is beating! But how can we get a pictures of the sun through it? As...

Nuclear tests: It is really amazing what's happening when whopping 35,000 megawatts of power are nenerated in seven milliseconds. WOW! During the 10,000th cycle of the Annular Core Research Reactor! With a muffled "pop," a flash...

This Soviet sci-fi lightning machine is terrifying! The sci-fi High Voltage Marx and Tesla Generators Research Facility is situated just outside Moskow in a secluded forest, where it sits abandonned! Well sort of. RT has obtained the...

Vampires in Poland were killed by CHOLERA. Suspected vampire skeletons found in a cemetery in Poland are thought to have been the first to die from disease outbreaks. As far back as the 11th century, a...

This is a really strange and surprising effect. When you drop an earth magnet through a copper pipe it appears to slow down falling and spinning at a lower rate than it should. The falling...

Heinrich Rubens, a German physicist, invented a tube that uses fire to visualize standing sound waves: The Rubens' tube. This awesome video takes it to the next level with a 2D 'Pyro Board'. Have you ever...

Is silence a torture? Can it drive you crazy? Is 45 minutes really the longest anyone can stay in a perfectly silent, pitch-black room? Well this guy from Veritasium tried and stayed more than one...

This chemical reaction video is stunningly beautiful! And probably one of the best link to click when you are stoned! Enter the fantastic chemical world of changing colors, textures, and geometric shapes. Chemistry isn't just something...

Scientists at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in the Netherlands published a paper in the journal Science reporting their ability to teleport information three meters, or about 10 feet. But don't expect human teleportation too...

Tinnitus: According to a new research, women who drank a lot of tea and coffee had reduced rates of ear ringing. So could this mean that people hearing strange sounds don't drink enough coffee? In...

Steven Laureys, the director of the department of neurology at Liege University Hospital in Belgium, tries to figure out what we sea or feel during near-death experiences. Interviews of more than 190 people indicate that...

Look at what happens when a bowling ball and feathers are dropped together under the conditions of outer space. It's impressive! The world's largest vacuum chamber is situated at NASA’s Space Power Facility in Ohio. Vacuum is...

Barbarous science experiments were undertaken by different countries at the beginning of the 20th century. One of the most cruel was the resuscitation or zombification of clinically dead organisms during which dogs were killed before being maintained alive as...

When light refracts from two different substances with the same index of refraction, the materials cannot be distinguished from one another. Since glass and glycerin have the same refractive index, a glass object in...

Sometimes, you probably hear a strange and mysterious sound in your head! This phantom sound also called binaural beats, exists solely in the head of the listener and can only be heard by that individual. Intriguing! This auditory...

Is this mystery blob discovered in the Pacific Ocean responsible for the extreme California drought? A still unexplained temperature anomaly - 'blob' of warm water - is sitting...

Seven farms full of different animals have been established as seismic stations in China. It is indeed believed animals exhibit unusual behavior before an earthquake. The seismological bureau in Nanjing, Jiangsu province has officially established seven...

HAARP is not down! And the University of Alaska Fairbanks will take ownership of the controversial Gakona’s High Frequency Active Auroral Program. After two bumpy years waiting for the US Air Force to decide what to...

Here at Strange Sounds we love science stories from around the world and some of those can get a little weird. There's a lot of important news out there that definitely deserves your attention....

Researchers have spotted the equivalent of smoke-rings in the ocean which they think could 'suck-up' small marine creatures and carry them at high speed and for long distances across the ocean before letting them...

Scientists have uncovered some preliminary evidence for a nuclear physics effect first predicted back in the 1970s. The physics universe you’re about to enter into in order to understand it is especially mind-bending. Physicists...

So, this is about as small as life can get. This is the first detailed microscopic images of so-called "ultra-small bacteria" that are believed to represent the lowest size limit possible for life on Earth. Scientists...