‘Hangover-free alcohol’ could replace all regular alcohol by 2050, says David Nutt

Fish recorded singing dawn chorus on reefs just like birds

Women of the CIA: The Hidden History of American Spycraft (autoplay video)

The Medical Mystery of Hair That Whitens Overnight

Scientists use ‘virtual unwrapping’ to read ancient burned scrolls

Online sleuth solves perplexing mystery of identity thief Lori Ruff

The story of ‘Big Lonely Doug,’ a solitary, towering survivor of logging in a Canadian old-growth forest

Video: The Hubble Deep Field, explained by the man who made it happen

Documentary (2000): People living in an abandoned Amtrak tunnel under Manhattan (strong language, drug use)

Neandertals made their own jewelry, new method confirms

The secret lives of long-lived particles

Man v rat: could the long war soon be over?

China’s space agency confirms the Tiangong space station will burn up sometime late next year.

BBC Interactive: Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Baclofen: the controversial pill that could ‘cure’ alcoholism

The cypherpunk revolution

Scientists have created a drug that replicates the health benefits of exercise

‘Perfectly preserved’ Nazi time capsule from 1934 found in Poland

Pigeons can read a little bit, new research shows

A century ago two sworn enemies came together with a plan to feed America using hippo meat

The woman who is allergic to water

Astronomers capture best view ever of disintegrating comet

So you think you can fake your own death?

The Truck Stop Killer

Cognitive bias cheat sheet

Scientists reveal most accurate depiction of a dinosaur ever created

Tank at 100: Baptism of fire, fear and blood

The love story that shocked the world (warning: autoplay video)

New fertilization technique could allow male couples to combine DNA to produce offspring

Over one billion stars pinpointed in Gaia’s new Milky Way map

Video: The theoretical physics of torus-shaped planets

How discovering an equation for altruism cost George Price everything

Study: Large earthquakes are more likely to occur at times of a full or new moon.

The brain’s stunning genomic diversity revealed

Brain-sensing technology allows typing at 12 words per minute

The FBI Accused Him of Terrorism. He Couldn’t Tie His Shoes.

New Map Shows Where Earth Has Gained and Lost Land

Sugar industry downplayed heart risks of sugar, promoted risks of fat: study

When There’s Only One Public Defender in Town

Confirmed: Mysterious ancient Maya book, Grolier Codex, is genuine

An interview with “The Bug Chef” about the nutritional value of eating insects.

The Painstaking, Secretive Process Of Designing New Money

Britain’s secret wars

NASA twins study seeks to determine the long-term health effects of living in space

Photo: Processed image of Jupiter’s south pole taken by Juno

Video: Watch as bacteria adapt to antibiotics

Study: Judge’s Football Team Loses, Juvenile Sentences Go Up

The Story Behind the Haunting 9/11 Photo of a Man Falling From the Twin Towers

Columbia’s DeathLab searches for a cleaner, smarter alternative to burial

NASA Launches Mission To Retrieve Ancient Asteroid Dust

Bacteria lurking in blood could be culprit in countless diseases

Injured Animals Get Second Chance With 3-D Printed Limbs

How to Raise a Genius: Lessons from a 45-Year Study of Supersmart Children

Amazing ‘Nesting Doll’ Fossil Reveals Bug in Lizard in Snake

Lenny Pozner used to believe in conspiracy theories. Until his son’s death became one.

The game is up: Shakespeare’s language not as original as dictionaries think

How history forgot the black women behind Nasa’s space race

The Improbable, Bold History of Space Concept Art

The troubling true story of an unsolved lynching on a US military base in 1941

Bizarre ant colony discovered in an abandoned Polish nuclear weapons bunker