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One way to combat colony collapse disorder? Genetically diversify the bee population.

A regional parliament in Germany has officially eliminated the need for among the longest word in the German language -- Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz, a 63-letter monstrosity pertaining to the the testing and...

A German man spent 15 years with a pencil in his head following a childhood accident.

Is that a rat... on Mars?! Yes, according to a theory from one determined man in Japan who recently scoured dozens of NASA photos taken by the space agency's Mars Curiosity rover.

A Bosnian shepherd is really earning his World's Best Shepherd coffee mug this week after killing a brown bear with his bearhands bare hands to protect himself and his flock.

In Arctic summers, Catherine La Farge camps out at the toe of the Teardrop glacier on Ellesmere Island in Canada’s North.

Physicists Create Quantum Link Between Photons That Don't Exist at the Same Time - ScienceNOW

Germany's national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, plans to test small drones to thwart vandals who spray graffiti on its property.

BHOPAL: Prospective grooms in Sehore district are posing along side toilets at their homes. This picture would be one of the most important proofs in ensuring their marriage at mass marriages...

Our evolutionary ancestors were hungry for braaaiiins — antelope brains, that is.

Water found in a deep, isolated reservoir in Timmins, Ont., has been trapped there for 1.5 billion to 2.64 billion years — since around the time the first multicellular life arose on the planet — Canadian and British scientists say.

Remember in Midnight in Paris when Gil Pender, traveling back to  1920s Paris, wanted Ernest Hemingway to read his novel? Well, here's why Gil should be thankful that Gertrude Stein wound up readin...

Swaziland has launched a crackdown on high-flying witches after banning them from hovering above 150metres.

A 66-year-old apparently male patient made a stunning discovery when he sought treatment for swelling in his abdomen. The swelling was a cyst on his ovary and he was in fact a woman....

New research from the Netherlands finds that the psychological profile of people who enjoy certain non-mainstream sex games is surprisingly positive.

Move welcomed by Nepalis hoping to expand climbing industry but opposed by mountaineers who want to preserve challenge

The raw material for a 5300-year-old iron necklace bead found in an Egyptian tomb has revealed itself to have fallen to Earth in a meteorite

The perfect cream tea involves a 2.8cm thick scone, with the jam spread before the cream, according to University of Sheffield maths department.

A Sacramento man arrested for calling 911 more than 100 times in the last month -- because he believes his body is controlled by satellites -- says he won’t stop until lawmakers launch an investigation.

Motorists in Saudi Arabia have been taking to the country's desert roads in growing numbers to try out an exciting but perilous driving stunt.

The government has announced an emergency toilet paper run for 50 million rolls

A Dorchester man who sold drugs hid a plastic bag full of crack cocaine in his buttocks on Tuesday, a prosecutor said Wednesday in Framingham District Court.

Discovery of skulls with their faces smashed in posthumously suggests Neolithic people believed the dead posed a threat to the living.