The secret behind the ability of a group of “sea nomads” in Southeast Asia to hold their breath for extraordinary periods of time while freediving to hunt fish has finally been revealed – and it’s down to evolution. The Bajau people are able to dive tens of metres underwater with no conventional diving aids. Instead they rely on weights, handmade wooden goggles – and a single breath of air.

For most animals, survival is all about being good at getting laid. That’s why sexual dimorphism exists: Males often look and act differently than females of their same species because it helps them attract and secure mates. Some examples are the bright colors that the male bird of paradise flaunts while sexy-dancing for its more demure-looking mate, or the bulbously attractive nose of a male sea elephant.

Researchers in Singapore explained how they created a robot that could devise and execute a plan to put together an Ikea chair.

Many gun owners say the primary reason they own a firearm is self-defense. But for years, experts have been starkly divided over how often people actually use guns for this purpose.

Viruses shape the ecology of the planet, but scientists still have only a rudimentary understanding of the microbial impacts on animals, plants and ecosystems.

Keep Calm Even In The Chaos Of Life

Well-heeled space tourists will have a new orbital destination four years from now, if one company's plans come to fruition.

While the world was busy doing its thing on Saturday, a giant asteroid the size of a football field whizzed by our planet.

In 1981, American Airlines sold an unlimited lifetime pass. But they didn’t account for fliers like Jacques Vroom and Steve Rothstein.

Sindri Thor Stefansson escaped through window before reportedly boarding same flight to Sweden as prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Heard of the "invincible broccoli," the "gladiator cucumber" or the "Arabic runner bean"? They're three examples of the thousands of vegetables that have disappeared from German plates, according to a government report.

Two years ago, a man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas with a pair of diamond earrings. Pawn dealer Rick Harrison asked him the typical questions — Where did you get it? Where is the receipt? — and the man readily answered. Harrison filled out the required paperwork and paid the man $40,000 for his merchandise. The very next day, Harrison found out the earrings were stolen. The victim got her earrings back and the criminal was prosecuted. Harrison, meanwhile, was out $40,000.

When HBO's heralded series "The Wire" went off the air 10 years ago, it wasn't immediately clear that it would be a launching pad for much of the ensemble. Sure, the show had been hailed as one of, if not the, greatest television drama ever and it launched series regulars Idris Elba (Russell "Stringer" Bell) and, less directly, Michael B. Jordan (Wallace) to stardom while making names for other cast members including Dominic West (Jimmy McNulty), Michael K. Williams (Omar Little), Wendell Pierce (William "Bunk" Moreland) and Clarke Peters (Lester Freamon).

Having teased you several times with words that are older than you think, we thought we’d turn the tables and look at some that have a surprisingly brief history. Of course, older information may turn up to provide antedatings – but, as things stand, these words have entered the English language later than you might have thought.

John Corcoran graduated from university and became a teacher for 17 years - but he had an extraordinary secret.

In 1965 Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, predicted that the number of transistors in a circuit would double every two years. This is the premise of Moore's law, and it's why we carry around pocket-sized smartphones that are more powerful than 1980s supercomputers. But with technology moving so quickly, it can be easy to lose sight of just how far computers have come in a few decades.

Norse sagas refer to “sunstones,” and new computer simulations shore up a hypothesis that they were used to guide ships as far as Greenland when weather was poor.

I had this broken fan in my basement for some time and i always walk passed it thinking what can i do with it because i love recycling…

A fire-ravaged home in San Jose is selling for a staggering $800,000, local Fox affiliate KTVU reports. The high asking price is for both the abandoned home and the 5,800 square foot lot surrounding it.

In 1981, American Airlines sold an unlimited lifetime pass. But they didn’t account for fliers like Jacques Vroom and Steve Rothstein.

Glass has changed the world like no other substance. But people usually overlook it.

A 1563 rule against “all lasciviousness” in religious art spelled trouble for nude paintings and sculptures. Here’s how this battle against indecency unfolded.

Famed high-score gamer Billy Mitchell, best known for his leading role in “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” documentary, was officially stripped of his “Donkey Kong”…

A look at the available evidence

There was an outbreak of food poisoning at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Gastroenterology. A subsequent study indicated that most patients recovered by 3 months, 3% of them had continued symptoms consistent with PI-IBS.

More young people may be buying into the “flat Earth” conspiracy theory, and one can’t help but wonder whether celebrity flat-Eather truthers are to blame. A new study by YouGov published Monday reveals that only 66 percent of American 18 to 24-year-olds, a major chunk of the country’s millennials, firmly believe the Earth is round. The survey also shows that the younger respondents tended to be, the more likely they were to have doubts about the long-established fact of a globe-shaped Earth.

Steven Spielberg frequently views the future as an end of one chapter, and the beginning of another. It never collapses into apocalypse – the Earths transcends its limitations, or transforms into a new state of sustainability. Think of the blissful coda of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, in which aliens flying away into the infinite cosmos isn’t a depiction of terror, but a comfortable acknowledgement of the unknown. Or ponder Jurassic Park’s ending: sublimely letting go of science’s bombardment against ethics.

Whether he cheated on you, broke it off for no reason, or gave you plenty of other reasons to call it quits, your ex has left you in the wake of a broken heart. Music to the rescue! Make sure it’s not just any music. We’ve found 10 tunes guaranteed to turn your frown upside-down …

Joel Salinas is an American doctor who has a condition called mirror-touch synaesthesia

Aurora Station is being billed as the world's first luxury hotel in orbit. Slated to open in 2022, it'll charge guests $9.5 million.

Here’s what happens when you try to rummage through the garbage of the man who owns the world’s secrets.

Facebook CEO and cofounder Mark Zuckerberg now runs a site that 400 million people visit each month. But back in May 2004, he was a 19-year-old finishing up his sophomore year at Harvard. He was also the acclaimed founder and creator of an increasingly popular Web site called TheFacebook.com, which had launched in February 2004.

A popular meme held that 643,000 personal bankruptcies occurred in the U.S. due to medical bills, but the underlying math was elusive. In April 2016, a meme was published by the Facebook page “The Other 98%” (among others) holding that 643,000 Americans declare bankruptcy over medical bills every year, while in a number of other first-world countries, bankruptcies over medical bills are non-existent (due to the implementation of national social health insurance/medical care systems in those other countries)...