A prototype of the robot, codenamed “Vesta,” is about “waist-high,” can be controlled by voice and is capable of moving around on its own using built-in cameras.
— CNBC

A dusty shroud around a far-off planet may represent the humble beginnings of a brand-new moon.
— National Geographic

Self-cloning super-ticks are sparking worry in some as the insects recently were linked with killing five cows by sucking their blood dry in North Carolina.
— NY Daily News

Medical experts hail ‘paradigm shift’ of implant that transmits video images directly to the visual cortex, bypassing the eye and optic nerve.
— The Guardian

The remote Rhode Island farmhouse that inspired the popular movie has something of a sinister past.
— Unexplained Mysteries

Saving power on the 40-year-old spacecraft as it enters interstellar space.
— Astronomy.com

Contestants danced to metal music while knitting.
— Huffington Post

The hush-hush mind-machine interface company tweeted for the first time.
— Inverse

Master of the art form of miniature trees was considered a rebel when he started.
— My Modern Metropolis

New York, San Francisco, and Washington are among the 17 U.S. cities that will soon face unprecedented weather.
— National Geographic

An increasingly popular treatment called EMDR utilizes a bizarre technique. But mainstream psychologists are embracing it.
— VICE

State-of-the-art research pioneered by Belgian academic Christophe Snoeck suggests a number of people were buried at the site.
— The Brussels Times

Imaging of sleeping zebrafish reveal their pattern of Zzz’s is similar to that of mammals and other animals.
— Smithsonian.com

The images beamed back to Earth show the perspective of two different cameras on board the spacecraft.
— Space.com

Thousands of years of history unlocked in the Aegean isles could provide groundbreaking knowledge of ancient civilizations.
— The Independent

A controversial study argues that early Homo sapiens were in Greece by 210,000 years ago, sparking intense debate.
— National Geographic

Sportsmen and women have a greater chance of success if at the critical moment they say to themselves “you can do it” rather than “I can do it."
— The Telegraph

The basic template of the conspiracy theory is that NASA couldn’t manage to safely land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s.
— The Conversation

Meet English baker ‘Annabel Lecter.’
— Atlas Obscura

How the controversy around a Christian bestseller engulfed the evangelical publishing industry—and tore a family apart.
— Slate

More than two years after doctors removed thousands of barklike lesions from Mahmoud Taluli's hands, he continues his battle with the rare skin condition.
— NPR.org

Unusual dips of light observed by the Kepler space telescope have so far confounded attempts at an explanation.
— Scientific American

From the UK to South Korea, seismic “detectives” are tracking the causes of anomalous tremors.
— BBC Future

Marie McCreadie's newly published book, "Voiceless," details the traumatic experience of losing her voice at a young age and then regaining it.
— Oddity Central

During 18 months of horror, Nick Humphreys, 29, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, has had two operations on his eye and is now waiting for a corneal transplant.
— FOX News

It is theoretically possible, though there is no known connection between the fault systems.
— Scientific American

After a botched routine knee operation in 1982, the athlete was left in a persistent vegetative state.
— Newsweek

Environmental crisis clouding scientific objectivity about plants’ feelings, says botanist.
— The Guardian

The fire-ravaged remains of the infamous occultist's Loch Ness home have been purchased by three investors.
— Unexplained Mysteries

In 1862, the Ghost Club was officially formed, with the original purpose of trying to expose frauds and hoaxes.
— Mysterious Universe