Jo Cameron is one of two people on Earth known to have a mutation that means she feels almost no pain.

Jan Krissler used high resolution photos, including one from a government press office, to successfully recreate the fingerprints of Germany’s defence minister

The most common question that curator Edward Bleiberg fields from visitors to the Brooklyn Museum's Egyptian art galleries is a straightforward but salient one: Why are the statues' noses broken? Bleiberg, who oversees the museum's ext ...

A massive explosion at an eastern China chemical plant with a long record of safety violations has killed at least 47 people and injured hundreds, 90 of them seriously.

In March 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump told The Washington Post he could eliminate the entire U.S. debt in eight years. Now that he’s president, Trump is doing the exact opposite. Trump’s budget — his own budget — projects debt held by the public ...

TV and Netflix prices are way out of alignment with how much time millennials spend watching them.

Viking heritage is imprinted into Norway’s 1,700 wild and westernmost isles that lie at the opening of the North Sea – where one islander has devoted his life to preserving the past.

West African king Mansa Musa had more wealth than the Forbes' five richest billionaires combined.

Research shows how the Antarctic blackfin icefish differs from its close relatives on the genetic level.

A new study from the Blavatnik Institute finds that intense exercise and fasting activate hormones that boost cells’ capacity to dispose of defective proteins, which clog up the cell, interfere with its functions, and, over time, precipitate diseases ...

Oliver Sacks asks, Should a doctor replace an accustomed identity with a meaningless “reality”?

In 2007, NBA ref Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to betting on games he officiated. But it was never proved that he fixed them -- until now. Our two-year investigation reveals how he did it, whom he did it with and the millions that flowed from the conspi ...

A group of academics have found three new security flaws in 4G and 5G, which they say can be used to intercept phone calls and track the locations of cell phone users. The findings are said to be the first time vulnerabilities have affected both 4G a ...

Morgan Woodward, the silent, menacing mirrored-glasses boss dubbed "The Man with No Eyes" in Cool Hand Luke, has died. He was 93. Woodward died Friday morning at his home in California, the Fielder House Museum in Arlington, Texas, confirme ...

A team of Canadian scientists has developed a fascinating new experimental drug that is purported to produce rapid improvements to both mood and memory following extensive animal testing. It's hoped the drug will move to human trials within the ...

I did not want to die, only felt that I would, or should, or must, and I had my pain and my reasons.

Drab by day, North America’s three species of flying squirrels are all fluorescent. But why?

Researchers at DeepMind, owned by Google’s parent company, and other companies are applying their powerful A.I. systems to drug discovery research.

Almost all tariffs on trade between the European Union and the world's third-biggest economy have been removed. European companies could save around a billion euros in duties each year.