In 2015, a man listed a potato with a message written on it for sale on the internet.

A company at CES 2026 unveiled a lollipop that plays music through bone conduction when you bite down on it.

Vampire bats that groomed one another and shared regurgitated meals in captivity often kept spending time together after release.

Biomolecular analysis of hairy covers from French Cistercian manuscripts identified North Atlantic seal skin.

Researchers found that reactive lime clasts left by hot mixing may explain part of ancient Roman concrete's durability.

Short-beaked echidnas cannot pant, sweat, or lick themselves for cooling.

Infrared recordings of 34 juvenile jumping spiders captured regular bouts of retinal movement, leg twitching, and leg curling while the spiders hung from silk threads at night.

In a Queen Mary University experiment, bumblebees could walk straight to food or detour into an area of movable wooden balls.

Columbia engineers built a machine that deposited seven edible ingredients and selectively cooked the result with a blue laser.

In a three-month study, pet parrots learned to ring a bell when they wanted a video call, then tap a photo to choose another bird.