Offbeat

By Agence France-Presse As burning incense fills the air, devotees in trances force skewers and swords through their cheeks in ritualistic acts underpinning southern Thailand's…

By the Associated Press Japan’s space agency is delaying a spacecraft touchdown on an asteroid because scientists need more time to find a safe landing…

By the Associated Press Anyone who can’t make it to the moon to gather a few lunar rocks now has the opportunity to buy one…

By the Associated Press Authorities in Northern California are looking for a hammer. A really, really big one. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat says police in…

  By Agence France-Presse From family and friends to strangers on the subway and public figures on 24-hour news cycles, humans recognize an astonishing 5,000…

By the Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the U.S. space agency said Tuesday that he's sure that investigators will determine the cause…