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The company claims a quantum computer has surpassed conventional devices for the first time.

We tend to think of crying as cathartic… yet that crying in public is a sign of weakness. But researchers have found that both of these beliefs may be false.

Over the past few years, the Italian region of Molise has risen from obscurity to become the punchline of a popular meme. Now locals are trying to use it to their advantage.

It is said that classical music could make children more intelligent, but when you look at the scientific evidence, the picture is more mixed.

We’ve been led to believe that an occasional glass of wine might be better than abstaining from alcohol altogether, but that might not be the case.

Glasgow is notorious for the same ills that plague city dwellers everywhere. Is urban life itself harmful to humans – or can we rethink cities so that they can help us to thrive?

For 120 years, it was perched on a Danish sand dune but coastal erosion threatened its future.

Angela Irwin will serve a year in prison for preventing the lawful burial of a corpse in 2018.

The firm recalls one batch after regulators find trace amounts of asbestos in a bottle bought online.

Of all your education, a very few specific skills will determine the rationality of your decision making. Take our test to see if you have them.

With bagpipe music in the air and kilt-wearing locals competing in caber tossing, the village of Abtwil, Switzerland, turns Scottish for one weekend every two years.

What do photographs of ancient organisms, blocks of ice in the centre of London and the blockbuster Black Panther have to do with the future of humanity?

It became an icon of long-haul travel and exotic holidays; Boeing’s 747 could fly more people further than any plane before. BBC Future marks 50 years since it was first unveiled.

US scientists have found further evidence that huge seas existed long ago on Mars.

Babies are sponges for new information – so why does it take so long for us to form your first memory? BBC Future investigates.

As summer temperatures rise, more buildings are installing energy-hungry air conditioners – a major contributor to climate change. But are there other ways to cool buildings down?

What makes something endure for centuries? To find out, we first need to look backwards to history, says Tom Chatfield.

Our health choices are constantly influenced by our friends, both consciously or unconsciously

To certain people, mingling at a party or talking to a crowded room is the stuff of nightmares. Why are some of us hardwired to be shy?

A London family is battling an international consortium over a potentially priceless painting.

Our emotions can have an unexpected downside of how we respond to others in pain, finds Melissa Hogenboom

Here's how much water you actually need in a day – and how your body's thirst mechanism and hydration needs change as you age.

The coffins, whose decorations are still visible, were uncovered at a Theban necropolis near Luxor.

Many modern urban areas have been built around cars, with huge amounts of space set aside for roads and parking. But what happens when you take them out of the equation?

The UK will not meet its climate change targets without a revolution in home heating, a think tank says.