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Some people can hear colours, taste words or smell temperatures. The condition is called synaesthesia – and it can teach ...

There is no doubt that a healthy lifestyle should include some sort of exercise regime. But recent scientific studies have ...

In a remote part of the Pyrenean foothills, where Spain borders France, a ceremony that seems as old as the ...

Do we have a bias against colour in classical art? Matt Wilson explores prejudices that have built up over centuries ...

The French call it “voix de chambre à coucher”. It’s a deep, sultry “bedroom voice” that gives some speakers their ...

Beneath the coastal waters of the Japanese island of Yonaguni lies a series of mysterious rock formations. Since its discovery ...

In the 1960s a well-respected adoption agency in New York deliberately split up infant twins and placed them in different ...

Deep in China's Fengjie County lies a natural wonder that has fascinated experts for decades. The Xiaozhai Tiankeng sinkhole is ...

During WW2, German SS leader Heinrich Himmler attempted to turn a Renaissance castle into a headquarters for the Nazis' major ...

In recent years, 'dopamine fasting' has become increasingly popular among the tech workers of Silicon Valley. But what is 'dopamine ...