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Online dating might not help you to find the one. But the data from dating apps offers some tantalising insights.

Scandinavia is famous for its liveable cities, but a new university course in Nordic urban planning has raised questions about replicating the region’s approach elsewhere.

Demand is soaring for the metal cobalt, an essential ingredient in batteries and abundant on the seabed.

When a refugee bumped into a baby, a tale of death threats, hijack and escape emerged.

Burmese ghosts are more than 2m high, fierce and bulky, with enormous ears and tusks, and terrifyingly long tongues – and they make for obstreperous passengers.

On its way to the Moon, disaster struck Nasa's Apollo 13. A new film explores the drama – and astronaut Jim Lovell recounts the incredible efforts to bring the crew back.

Just a few months after the triumph of Apollo 11, Nasa sent another mission to the lunar surface. But it came chillingly close to disaster.

Although versions of nasi lemak can be found across South-East Asia, Malaysia claims this beloved street food classic as its own.

An inherited gene makes certain healthy foods taste exceptionally bitter and unpleasant, according to researchers.

The US-China over artificial intelligence is heating up, but some warn the US could be over-reacting.

At the heart of the dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt is who has control over Africa's longest river.

Futon salesman Jason Padgett cared little about anything beyond partying and chasing girls, then one fateful night changed him forever.

Airships lost out to conventional aircraft after a series of disastrous crashes. But now safer technology could be the key to their return.

Your parents have affected many things about your development – potentially including how you relate to colleagues in office.

One in 20 patients remain aware but paralysed during major medical procedures - though the vast majority will not remember it afterwards. Why?

Some can smell normally despite missing the part of the brain which science says is crucial.

Scientists say we are close to making fusion power a reality - but will it arrive in time to combat climate change?

The wave of revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe helped shape the continent for decades to come.

Self-testing kits could help more women get checked for cervical cancer risk, researchers say.

Data from spacecraft launched in the 1970s help determine the shape of the magnetic bubble around the Sun.

From the humble journalist to the big-city planner, people across the globe miss deadlines. But what if we could fix the cognitive bias that causes this to happen?

If you weigh up the long-term impact of catastrophes on future generations, it is hard not to see their prevention as one of our greatest priorities, argues Seth Baum.

Drilling for shale gas will cease in England - but the government stops short of an outright ban.

The meal was bought from the Nordic nation's last McDonald's in 2009 to see if it would ever decay.

A team of international scholars versed in culinary history, food chemistry and cuneiform studies has been recreating dishes from the world’s oldest-known recipes.