A humble 5p coin has sold for a whopping 100 times its face value – thanks to a tiny minting mistake.
The 2012 coin, featuring Queen Elizabeth - who died in ...
Snoring may reveal hidden dangers to your heart.
New research suggests it is not just having sleep apnoea that matters, but how much your symptoms fluctuate from night to night.
Sleep apnoea ...
A diabetes pill may mimic the effects of intense exercise.
Researches believe that metformin - a common National Health Service (NHS) prescription used to treat type 2 diabetes - could trigger ...
Builders are packing artificial intelligence (AI) into their toolboxes.
New research showed that one in five use the technology more than five times a day, with almost a third of builders ...
A woman claims to have a "superpower" memory because she "can't forget anything".
Yasmin Omar, a teacher based in London, knows the birthdays of all the students she has taught, can ...
Fat jab and gastric band users are almost twice as likely to divorce their partners.
Of the 12,531 married patients interviewed 14.4 per cent separated within six years after they were ...
Scientists say a molecule found in python blood may help create new weight-loss drugs – without the nasty side effects linked to current treatments.
Pythons are famous for their extreme eating ...
A teenage girl can "time travel" through her life – replaying memories like an HD movie and even previewing the future.
The 17-year-old, known as TL, has a rare condition called ...
Humans have been rolling the dice for a very long time.
Experts say gambling dates back at least 12,000 years – after ancient dice made from bone were discovered in North ...
The dream of raising families on Mars may have just hit a major snag.
Scientists say while humans could one day live beyond Earth, actually having babies in space might be ...
Shoppers were left stunned after a woman was bitten by a wolf in the middle of a busy German high street.
The shocking attack unfolded on Grosse Bergstrasse in Hamburg’s Altona ...
Regular cannabis use could reshape the brain, scientists have warned.
A new study suggests long-term users may experience "thinning" in the frontal cortex – the area responsible for decision-making, planning and ...
Hormone patches typically used by menopausal women could soon be offered to men as treatment for prostate cancer.
A major UK study has found the patches work just as well as ...
Strained family relationships could increase the risk of dementia.
Scientists found that people unhappy with their family life face a higher chance of developing the degenerative condition - which causes a ...
Vaping could raise the risk of lung and mouth cancer.
Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, have cast fresh doubt on the safety of e-cigarettes - ...
An Alabama church has gone viral thanks to its artwork featuring sporty biblical figures.
Andie Williams was helping coach her son's soccer team at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in ...
A young lion that was illegally sold as a cub has been reunited with his parents.
Staff from The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota had saved nine lions from a roadside zoo ...
A kangaroo has been found after he jumped a fence to escape a petting zoo.
After some stray dogs spooked 16-month-old Chesney last week, the creature scaled an 8ft fence at ...
An influencer has shared her experience of being checked in by robot dinosaurs at a Japanese hotel. Describing the encounter as both “terrifying” and unexpectedly efficient, Anna Lynne, 27, posted ...
Scientists say colonisation in outer space is at risk as human sperm becomes disoriented in microgravity.
Raising questions about the feasibility of conceiving children beyond Earth, a study conducted at the ...
Signals from extraterrestrial life may have gone undetected because they are being distorted by the environments of distant star systems.
Astronomer Vishal Gajjar from the SETI Institute led a new study ...
Catholic exorcists are sounding the supernatural alarm, claiming the world has gotten so spooky that even the Church’s demon‑busting squad is running low on manpower.
According to senior members of ...
Wildlife experts are urging the public to stop dumping nicotine products after a squirrel was filmed appearing to “vape” in a London park.
The bizarre clip, shared with The Telegraph, shows ...
Astronomers have identified 45 planets that could offer the strongest chances yet of supporting alien life.
After analysing more than 6,000 known worlds beyond our solar system, a study has been ...
