The Year's 10 Most Intriguing Stories

Newser readers are able to vote on each story—offering their take on whether it is hilarious, ridiculous, scary, brilliant, intriguing, or depressing. The 10 stories that follow are the ones that the most readers thought were the most intriguing of 2023. See if you agree.

1. Flotsam Off Fire Island May Be From Famous Wreck
2. Mysterious Ring Spotted Around Minor Planet
3. Researchers Find Ancient Stilt Village Beneath Lake
4. There Was No Record of Koalas Here. Until Now
5. When Did Humans Cross Land Bridge? Perhaps Immediately
6. Japan Just Gained a New Island
7. Piece of Ancient Object Found, but Romans Left No Clues
8. 2 Miles Deep in the Ocean, a 'Delightfully Strange Find'
9. Dino Claims Longest Neck Known to Man
10. Infamous Double Agent 'Stakeknife' Is Dead. Maybe

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