Mathematicians have used statistical models to calculate how different WW2 strategies would have played out.
Depending on where you are in the world, a penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible over the next few hours.
Conservationists in Indonesia have identified what is thought to be the single largest flower ever recorded.
General George S. Patton, who died in 1945, was one of the most celebrated military leaders of World War II.
YouTuber Nick Uhas recently tried to set a new world record by creating a mountain of 'elephant toothpaste'.
A new film explores the events surrounding one of the world's most enduring UFO mysteries.
The world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope is about to start operating after several years of testing.
A cave painting dating back 44,000 years shows the earliest known depiction of a supernatural creature.
Astronomers have discovered a huge planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star that was once like the Sun.
The Pioneer Personal Air Landing Vehicle (or PAL-V) looks like something out of Back to the Future II.
Biologists have successfully recorded the heartbeat of the world's largest creature for the first time ever.
Standing up to three meters tall, Gigantopithecus was the largest ape to ever walk the face of the Earth.
The 'many worlds' hypothesis suggests the existence of countless other universes similar to ours but different.
This incredible species of bird from the Amazon can belt out a call so loud that it can damage your eardrums.
A World War 2-era ventriloquist doll has been filmed moving its eyes and mouth in the middle of the night.
Hundreds of Dracula fans in Ireland are set to attempt the world's largest gathering of vampires next week.
A zoo in Paris has showcased one of the world's strangest organisms - a brainless, self-healing 'blob'.
A family in the Netherlands has been rescued after being kept in a secret room waiting for the end of the world.
A gigantic record-breaking version of the infamous spirit board has been set up on the historic Salem Common.
The world's largest congregation of people named Nigel has taken place at a pub in Worcestershire, England.