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The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFOs, some of which have been ...

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The World Health Organization sought to quell worldwide fears over the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius and ...

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A device made using a tiny bead floating in a beam of light can measure extremely small pressures and could help find a ...

A comprehensive study exploring coffee’s physiological effects finds that some of its benefits are down to polyphenols and ...

Creating quantum entanglement inside a solid material is tricky in the lab – but crystals buried in the earth could be ...