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Entrants will have the chance to win a solid gold 250g bar, currently valued around £28,000 to £29,000

The Royal Mint is launching the the Great British Treasure Hunt, with its £5 denomination coin helping people to enter the competition.

The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin’s Broome Bridge in 1843.

Eight months into Donald Trump’s second presidency of the United States, truth and science are again under attack – with global consequences. USAID, which tackled HIV, TB, malaria and child malnutrition is gone. Funding has been withdrawn from GAVI, a public–private global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world’s…

Two Tribes capped a great training performance by Richard Spencer to win the Stewards’ Cup

A new version of the famous double-slit experiment showed that it's impossible to measure light as both a wave and a particle at the same time, thanks to quantum physics' uncertainty principle.

Australia’s favourite science whiz on why Isaac Newton ruined rainbows, falling asleep while assisting in an operating theatre and where to keep the tomato sauce

History books often show us the polished side of famous people. But the truth is, many historical figures had habits and quirks that would raise eyebrows today. These odd behaviors shaped their lives and sometimes even changed the world. Knowing about these weird sides can make history feel more real…

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