Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies

The ray-gun is no longer science fiction

The Time Congress Banned the Braille Edition of Playboy

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Studded snow tires cost lives, says study

Rare Quintuple Rainbow Captured by Photographer in New Jersey

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Surprise Life Found Thriving 2,000 Feet Underground

Astronomers have found another quirky object that suggests a giant body lurks at the fringes of the solar system

The myth of the she-devil: why we judge female criminals more harshly

An 8-Year-Old Was Brutally Abused for Months. Why Did No One Save Him?

Humans delayed the onset of the Sahara desert by 500 years

Scientists Aren’t Sure What Triggered Indonesia’s Deadly Tsunami

Scientists Uncover Why You Can’t Decide What to Order for Lunch

Donna Strickland, Third Woman to Ever Win Nobel Prize in Physics, Helped Make Awesome Laser Tool

Is this the last chance to see the Titanic?

Animal study suggests deep space travel may significantly damage GI function in astronauts

2-Second Rule for Distracted Driving Can Mean Life or Death

This wild plant could be the next strawberry

On this day in 1769 Isabel Godin entered the Amazonian rainforest to seek out her 20-year-absent husband

Step Inside Cold War Nuclear Sites

The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care

The man who tried to measure weather and war

Happy Birthday, NASA! At 60, Agency Continues to Inspire

Elektro the Moto-Man Had the Biggest Brain at the 1939 World’s Fair

He Won $19 Million in the Lottery—And Became a Bank Robber

The Sisterly Bonds Forged by Nudism

Visit the World’s Oldest Anatomical Theater

A New Clue In the Search for Forests on Distant Planets

Prehistoric art hints at lost Indian civilisation

Indonesia tsunami early detection buoys haven’t worked for six years due to ‘lack of funding’

3-day weekends would make people happier and more productive, according to a new Oxford University study

An internment camp for 10 million Uyghurs

Physicists investigate why matter and antimatter are not mirror images

He Got Schizophrenia. He Got Cancer. And Then He Got Cured.

He Bought Her a $100,000 Engagement Ring—Then They Broke Up and Things Really Got Messy

Luminous blue variables erupt in stellar geysers

Cost of lifesaving heroin withdrawal drug soars by 700%

What would it take to build a tower as high as outer space?

More Evidence That Nutrition Studies Don’t Always Add Up

This NASA rocket plane launched the space age, and got left behind

How the West Was Lost

The two Koreas will start clearing mines from the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on October 1

Selective breeding has made the fruit we eat so full of sugar, Melbourne Zoo has had to wean its animals off it

‘I miss him so much’: why did a devoted wife kill the man she loved?

How BBC journalists harnessed open source data to hunt down the truth behind terrifying video

The Most Important Least-Noticed Economic Event of the Decade

The ‘real you’ is a myth – we constantly create false memories to achieve the identity we want

100 years ago today America’s WW1 “Ace of Aces” died behind enemy lines

Redesign dating apps to lessen racial bias, study recommends

On this day in 1957 a little-known nuclear disaster occurred in the southern Ural mountains of Russia

Shipping giants look lustily at the warming Arctic

When the Singer Sewing Machine Company Built the Best .45 Pistol Ever Made

So is it nature not nurture after all?

How Wet Clothes Become Translucent

CERN Scientists Say The LHC Has Confirmed Two New Particles, And Possibly Discovered a Third

Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon. To These Boys, He Was Just Dad.

How Quantum Memory Could Change Computing

Gut bacteria’s shocking secret: They produce electricity