Research confirms that psychopaths are more inclined to lie to get what they want, and that they typically display a striking fearlessness – as if they have ice running through their veins.

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A truly unusual find discovered in Japanese coral reefs, these strange creatures were granted their own species.

Palaeontologists have discovered a colossal new species of dinosaur in a remote part of the Sahara. Named Spinosaurus ...

Putting this fundamental truth to one side, recent research published in Current Biology suggests that cats have a preference for sleeping on their left side. Of course, they do. That’s exactly the ...

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Stephen Hawking spent much of his life pulling at a thread, one that had been swallowed by a black hole. He was interested in ...