July 2026

A new underwater habitat has taken its place on the seabed off the Florida Keys, offering scientists something they have not had in US waters for decades: a permanent place to live and work beneath the ocean for days at a time. Ocean infrastructure company DEEP has installed its Vanguard pilot habitat at Tennessee Reef…

Centuries before chess spread across Asia, another board game captivated people throughout ancient China. Known as Liubo, it was played by emperors, nobles and ordinary families during the Han Dynasty, appearing so frequently that complete game sets were buried alongside the dead. Yet despite its popularity more than 2,000 years ago, the game’s rules have…

Image: South China Morning Post Sometimes the most dangerous discoveries hide in plain sight. In central China, a 90-year-old woman spent nearly two decades using what she believed was an ordinary piece of scrap metal as a household hammer. The heavy object cracked walnuts, crushed red peppers and drove nails into wood without ever causing…

Image(s): Left/WRAL-Youtube-AOL/Right/AI Generated Wildlife enthusiasts often spend decades searching for unusual colour variations in snakes without ever finding one. That is why a chance encounter in the Arizona desert has attracted widespread attention. Retired police officer Phil Roberts recently came across an extraordinarily pale rattlesnake whose striking white appearance stunned even experienced reptile experts. Although…