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Ig Nobel Winners Include Dead Trout, Drunk Worms

And a Japanese team found that many mammals can breathe through their anuses

(Newser) - Thursday was the biggest night on the calendar for weird science. The Annals of Improbable Research handed out Ig Nobel prizes honoring researchers including a Japanese team that found many mammals can breathe through their anuses. They won the Physiology prize for their research on "enteral ventilation," which...

This Slippery Eel Can Escape Predator&#39;s Stomach in a Minute
This Eel Can Pull Off
an 'Astonishing' Houdini
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Sep 10, 2024 1:28 PM CDT

This Eel Can Pull Off an 'Astonishing' Houdini

Japanese eels can escape from a predator's stomach in less than a minute, researchers say

(Newser) - That eels are slippery is no surprise, but that they can literally slip out of a predator's stomach is "truly astonishing," according to researchers, who've recorded footage of the first-of-its-kind behavior, allowing for escape in less than a minute. "It sounds like the plot of...

Scientists Were Tracking a Shark. Then the Data Got Weird
Scientists Were Tracking
a Shark. Then It Got Eaten
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Sep 8, 2024 3:30 PM CDT

Scientists Were Tracking a Shark. Then It Got Eaten

They say they have first evidence of predator eating a porbeagle shark

(Newser) - Researchers captured and tagged a pregnant porbeagle shark near Cape Cod in October 2020. The 7-foot shark had two trackers attached: one was a geolocator; the other was a pop-off satellite archival tag (PSAT) that relayed info about water temperature and depth. As the scientists write in a paper published...

Food Dye Used in Doritos Offers a &#39;Jaw-Dropping&#39; Perk
Food Dye Used in Doritos
Offers a 'Jaw-Dropping' Perk
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Sep 8, 2024 11:30 AM CDT

Food Dye Used in Doritos Offers a 'Jaw-Dropping' Perk

Tartrazine, aka 'Yellow No. 5,' creates see-through skin on mice to help scientists peer inside their bodies

(Newser) - To many consumers, "Yellow No. 5" is best known as the food dye that adds an orange-yellow tinge to snacks and drinks like Doritos, Gatorade, and M&Ms. To a team from Stanford, however, tartrazine, the chemical found in that dye, recently served as a window into living creatures'...

Two Men Take Bear Cub on Road Trip, Feed It Taco Bell

Which you probably shouldn't be doing 'for so many reasons,' notes wildlife rescue official

(Newser) - Two men in northern Ontario picked up a highly unusual passenger and took it on a road trip, complete with Taco Bell to scarf down. The problem? That passenger was a black bear cub. According to Myriam Armstrong of the Pet and Wildlife Rescue center in Chatham-Kent, her group took...

Contractor Drills Through Tunnel That Takes Drivers Under NYC River

Officials scrambled to block traffic, but some cars were leaked on

(Newser) - An underwater tunnel that passes beneath New York City's East River sprung a leak Wednesday after a city contractor mistakenly drilled a hole through it, sending streams of water into the heavily used passage as officials scrambled to plug the opening and block off traffic, the AP reports. The...

Half a House on Sale for Half a Million

Southern California property has an 'open-concept floor plan' after being crushed by tree

(Newser) - Newly listed for sale in Southern California's notoriously pricey realty market: half a house for half a million dollars. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom bungalow in suburban Monrovia, northeast of Los Angeles, was crushed by a tree in May with two renters and two dogs inside. There were no injuries, but...

Astronaut Reports 'Strange Noise' From Starliner

NASA has solved the mystery of odd pulsing sound coming from Boeing Starliner docked at ISS

(Newser) - NASA's Butch Wilmore had Mission Control scratching its head this weekend with a question about an odd noise. "I've got a question about Starliner," Wilmore said in his Saturday message to Houston from the Boeing aircraft docked at the International Space Station, per the Guardian . "...

'Injured' Bald Eagle Was 'Too Fat to Fly'

X-rays revealed it had eaten a raccoon

(Newser) - A bald eagle that Missouri Department of Conservation officials thought was injured just needed more time to digest a big meal. In a Facebook post, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield said the bird captured along the boundary of the park was found to be healthy, but full of raccoon, USA ...

Gallery Donor Gets Last Word, Two Years After Death

Lord John Sainsbury's hidden note objecting to architectural design is found

(Newser) - A strange story has emerged out of London's National Gallery involving a billionaire donor and his posthumous objections to the design of a wing he funded. The billionaire is Lord John Sainsbury, a grocery store magnate who gave tens of millions of dollars to the museum to build what...

Iowa Finally Catches Its Unique Marauder

When escaped water buffalo is released from hospital, it will go to a sanctuary

(Newser) - The escaped water buffalo that was running loose in Iowa after fleeing its owner's farm was captured Wednesday, four days after its escape. Authorities spotted the animal—nicknamed by some online followers of the story as "PHill" after the city of Pleasant Hill, where it was roaming—Tuesday...

Museum Welcomes Nude Visitors—but Requires Shoes

Naturism exhibition is open to the undressed one night a month in Marseilles

(Newser) - A museum in France is retaining just one part of the "no shirt, no shoes, no service" policy. Marseille's Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, or Mucem, is letting visitors to its new Naturist Paradises exhibition experience the 600 pieces on display in the nude one evening a...

Story About RFK Jr., Dead Whale Causes Uproar

Claim that he once cut a whale's head off with a chainsaw first surfaced in 2012

(Newser) - The strange stories allegedly about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. keep coming. The latest involves a whale carcass, and was originally reported more than a decade ago, but just resurfaced, the New York Times reports. Back in 2012, Kennedy's daughter, Kick Kennedy, told Town & Country her father had...

'Want to Play Badminton?' Query May Be Ruined Forever

Hong Kong sex-ed guide suggests it as an alternative for amorous teens, spurring mockery

(Newser) - We have a new "b" to add to the topic of the birds and the bees: badminton. The strangeness comes out of Hong Kong, where the Education Bureau just put a lengthy sex-ed guide for teens and teachers, reports the New York Times . One particular piece of advice has...

News Chopper Foils Kid's Plans to Play Hooky

Brooklyn boy was reported missing when he didn't show up at school

(Newser) - A TV news helicopter crew spotted a boy who had been reported missing but who was actually up on the roof of his New York City building playing hooky, per the AP . The 9-year-old boy left his Brooklyn apartment at around 7am Thursday but did not show up to school,...

Guinness Honors Woman's Very Wide Tongue

After years of hiding her licker, Texas' Brittany Lacayo has a new world record

(Newser) - Brittany Lacayo once made a point of keeping her tongue firmly inside her mouth. Now the Texas resident is showing off what Guinness World Records has crowned the world's widest female tongue —and it's as wide as the average woman's tongue is long, the Guardian reports....

Actor Wanted His Dog Put Down, Buried With Him

Fortunately for Loubo, the family of Alain Delon will not honor the request

(Newser) - French actor Alain Delon died this week at age 88. His dog Loubo, however, will go on living. This is the subject of headlines because of a bizarre request Delon made a few years before he died—that the now 10-year-old Belgian malinois be euthanized and buried with him, reports...

Postcard With &#39;Vague&#39; Note Turns Up 121 Years Late
Postcard Delivered
121 Years Late
Aug 20, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Postcard Delivered 121 Years Late

Group in Wales is asking people to help shed light on the message

(Newser) - Somebody mailed a postcard to 11 Cradock Street in Wales, and the postal service delivered it on Friday. The only strange thing is that it's dated August 3, 1903, reports Wales Online . It's addressed to "Miss Lydia Davies," who presumably lived at the address 121 years...

Zuckerberg&#39;s Gift to Wife Gives Off Ancient Roman Vibes
When You're the Meta CEO, You
Can Do Weird Things Like This
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Aug 18, 2024 3:00 PM CDT

When You're the Meta CEO, You Can Do Weird Things Like This

Mark Zuckerberg shows off ancient Rome-style statue he had made of wife Priscilla Chan

(Newser) - What do you get for the woman who has everything? If you're Mark Zuckerberg, you commission a statue of her in the style of the ancient Romans. That's what the Meta CEO had done for spouse Priscilla Chan, as announced Tuesday on social media, with a photo showing...

Cops: Son Shoots Father Over 'Smelly Feet' Argument

The shooting victim survived in Iowa

(Newser) - Police in Iowa say an adult son nearly took his father's life over an argument about smelly feet, reports KWQC . David Carpenter, a 48-year-old resident of Burlington, is jailed and charged with attempted murder. Police say he called them to report he had shot his father in the face,...

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