Shocking scientists, the Opah fish (Lampris guttatus) is actually warm-blooded, keeping its body 5ºC warmer than the surrounding water.
After a year in space, scientists compared Scott Kelly's DNA to that of his twin brother who remained on Earth. It was discovered that space can permanently alter gene expression.
Using a greenhouse in Antartica, scientists were able to harvest vegetables that were grown in the absence of soil and sunlight.
Miss Baker was a US astronaut who married twice and appeared on the cover of Life magazine. She was also a squirrel monkey.
A plane was grounded when a passenger mistook the equations an Ivy League economics professor was writing; she suspected he was designing a bomb.