Sam Shead

There has been little proof to the long-held claim that Jupiter's powerful gravity helps deflect incoming debris, but do simulations show Jupiter playing protective big brother to Earth?

You might not go blind by staring at the Sun, but please don't test it!

The possibility of having a secret DNA sharing twin is pretty low.

Zooming around the skies in your car is still far off.

Eating soup can keep you feeling fuller for longer thanks to its high water volume. So, why doesn't drinking water with your meal have the same effect?

Bones do decay, just at a slower rate than other organic material. Depending on the conditions, this process usually takes a few years.

Many ideas from the Austrian 'father of psychoanalysis' are shrouded in controversy - but are there any theories that modern psychologists agree on?

A bright light or a long tunnel? Near-death experiences has mystified scientists for many years.

The heart of this creature is so small it's like something out of a fairy tail...

With several competing theories, it's difficult to establish a timeline of how the different blood groups evolved and pinpoint which one came first.

Technically they have already done it, although it was some 250 years later than us humans.

Solar wind is more exotic than we ever imagined...

In 2005 approximately 2 million people died due to AIDS-related illnesses, due to progression in treatment for HIV, these AIDS-related deaths declined to around 1.1 million in 2015*.

The 18th-century Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné, systematised the hierarchical grouping of different plants and animal species.