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A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

Physical cheating is a boundary many couples agree on. But fuzzy boundaries around what's allowed emotionally can complicate things – and break up relationships all the same.

A floating orange ball over the famed US route has puzzled travellers for more than 100 years. And while most agree that the Hornet Spook Light exists, few agree on what causes it.

Three babies have been born after receiving the landmark treatment in the US.

The move brings President Biden closer to his campaign pledge to decriminalise recreational cannabis.

In this video I break open some vials of tritium to see if it actually in creases the local radioactivity in the area around me. I use a Geiger counter to ch...

Illusions brought on by drugs, lights and disease are giving us new insights into the inner workings of our brains.

A former policeman on trial for drugs offences stormed the school and killed many children before taking his own life.

It is the first war where commercial space capabilities have played a significant role, a US general says.

After winning his US Championship match, Hans Niemann said the game was "a message to everyone".

At least 18 people are killed in the shooting blamed on the Los Tequileros crime gang.

Could the British Royal Family have its own "slimming down" in the footsteps of Denmark's queen?

The film adaptation of the stage musical based on Roald Dahl's novel is nearly 'the year's most disturbing gothic horror movie', writes Nicholas Barber.

Filming of Rust will resume in January, with Hutchins' husband on board as executive producer.

Their work on linking molecules like in living cells can be used in cancer treatment drugs.

It is likely Hans Niemann has cheated "much more often" than he has acknowledged, an investigation finds.

Soaring rates of short-sightedness in children are alarming parents and doctors around the world. Can we turn the tide?

Long before the Swiss Alps became known as a skiing and hiking destination, ingeniously designed stilted barns sustained entire communities.

The arrow of time began its journey at the Big Bang, and when the Universe eventually dies there will be no more future and no past. In between, what is it that drives time onward?

A telescope in Chile captures an image of a comet-like plume of debris behind the giant rock.

Worrying about threats to our lives and societies is stressful. It may also change how we think, in unsettling ways.

Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-smallest-thing/The universe is pretty big and very strange. Hundreds of billions of galaxies ...

The 41-strong team were practising high-altitude navigation when they were hit on their way down.

In a letter to Twitter, the billionaire said he would buy the business and honour his original deal.