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The Royal Mint is launching the the Great British Treasure Hunt, with its £5 denomination coin helping people to enter the competition.

As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet. Not only can this extra layer keep you warm on a chilly day, but modern winter jackets are also a testament to centuries-old physics and cutting-edge materials…

Eight months into Donald Trump’s second presidency of the United States, truth and science are again under attack – with global consequences. USAID, which tackled HIV, TB, malaria and child malnutrition is gone. Funding has been withdrawn from GAVI, a public–private global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world’s…

Two Tribes capped a great training performance by Richard Spencer to win the Stewards’ Cup

A new version of the famous double-slit experiment showed that it's impossible to measure light as both a wave and a particle at the same time, thanks to quantum physics' uncertainty principle.

Australia’s favourite science whiz on why Isaac Newton ruined rainbows, falling asleep while assisting in an operating theatre and where to keep the tomato sauce

History books often show us the polished side of famous people. But the truth is, many historical figures had habits and quirks that would raise eyebrows today. These odd behaviors shaped their lives and sometimes even changed the world. Knowing about these weird sides can make history feel more real…

That's a lot of standard candles.

Humans started counting tens of thousands of years ago, but when did they begin figuring out advanced arithmetic, algebra and even calculus?