Bizarre

There’s nothing quite like the prospect of a battlefield advantage to convince a general or politician to plow some money into a…

We think of addiction as something that must be detrimental to one’s health. However, in reality, many of us are addicted to…

Most of us like to plonk ourselves down on the sofa with a bowl of popcorn, maybe a beer or two, and…

Munchausen syndrome, or hospital addiction, is a condition where people fake illness to receive attention. Some patients construct amazingly complex lies and…

Giving birth is a personal and intimate experience. Some choose to do so at home, while others opt for the amenities that…

The world is a very strange place indeed. There is no telling what lurks behind picket fences. Below are some of the…

In Western countries, there’s been an explosion in neurological diseases—including early-onset dementia—that can’t be explained by longer life spans. It turns out…

A molecule is really just some atoms that are stuck together. Water, H2O, is a molecule. Next to a simple atom, it’s…

Assassinations do not always go as planned. While they can certainly still be messy when successful, they can be weird or even…

The phenomena called “spontaneous human combustion” (or SHC) is supposedly when a living body somehow ignites itself from the inside, resulting in…