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'Therapeutic ringtones' for mobile phones create a buzz in Japan

A genre of melodies promises to ease a range of day-to-day gripes, from chronic insomnia to a rotten hangover.

A Host of Mummies, a Forest of Secrets

In the middle of a terrifying desert north of Tibet, Chinese archaeologists have excavated an extraordinary cemetery.

Medieval child's brain to unlock human thought processes

The almost perfectly preserved brain of a medieval toddler who died 800 years ago is set to provide ground-breaking information.

New exoplanet like 'one of ours'

It is 1,500 light-years from Earth but CoRoT-9b is the first temperate planet found known to be similar to those within our own Solar System.

The mysterious case of the frogs' legs

Biological artist Brandon Ballengee takes strangely beautiful pictures of deformed frogs and toads.

Red in Jupiter's Spot Not What Astronomers Thought

The best thermal images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot yet captured have revealed surprising weather and temperature variation.

A Supersonic Jump, From 23 Miles in the Air

Felix Baumgartner plans to jump from a helium balloon in the stratosphere at least 120,000 feet above Earth.

Sierra Sasquatch: Habituation Dissected

This week's MonsterQuest episode is a return to Sasquatch territory, with an interesting twist.

Blinded soldier now able to 'see' with his tongue

Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg can read words, identify shapes and walk unaided thanks to the BrainPort device.

Man has 12 fingers and 14 toes

Rather than feel self conscious about the way he was born, Haramb Ashok Kumthekar has always celebrated his extra digits.

Thomas Jefferson Quote of the Day

"I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology."

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