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Remember when you sat through science class and learned about the basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas? Well, it turns out there's way more, including the sci-fi–sounding "time crystals."
To effectively test the coaster’s capabilities, researchers made a 3D model of a kidney and filled it with urine and real kidney stones.
This year's Ig Nobel Prize Awards winners include upside-down rhinos, beards taking a hit, and just how germy sidewalk gum really is.
For some celebs, a star on the Walk of Fame isn't close enough to the cosmos; they'd rather experience the real thing — space!
When it comes to these mysterious signals, they need a lot of energy to reach us. NASA has estimated that for some of them it would be equivalent to the energy that our Sun produces in a year.
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The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.
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They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.
Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.
Get lost in a vortex of weird and wonderful stories! Ripley’s twenty-first edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.