Imagine having a blood type so rare that only two other people in the entire world could match it. That’s the reality for three individuals uncovered in a recent study based in Thailand – and they ...

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A subtle timing flash may expose the Unruh effect. The approach ties ordinary lab tools to deep quantum physics. Researchers ...

Two new peer-reviewed papers claim thousands of unexplained light flashes in vintage Palomar telescope images show ...

More than 130 years since Jack the Ripper terrorised the murky, foggy streets of Victorian London, forensic scientists ...

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You’ve probably heard of the polar vortex, that swirling mass of cold air that circulates around the North Pole, usually ...

Brown eyes and hazel eyes are normally grouped into the same category, when, in fact, they are quite different. The melanin ...

A new study has found that people are more likely to act kind towards others when Batman is present – and not for the reasons ...

Batman, the Dark Knight, has been found to inspire better behaviour in people. His appearance on the Milan metro system had a ...

Kepler-56 is a red giant star slightly bigger than our Sun and with two planets around it. But it has a strange spin as its outer layer is moving faster and is also misaligned with its interior. A ...