Offbeat News from Our Towns and Beyond

Love, like a poltergeist, is invisible to the naked eye and can only be witnessed by the force it bears on objects. To really understand it, you need to feel it, to be possessed by it or, at the very least, to see the way it can tear up a living room when it goes wrong.

6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers

We've all dreamed of having superpowers at some point (today), and these are the rare cases where people actually got them.

Classic Ferrari breaks records after selling at auction for £20.2MILLION

The legendary Ferrari 250 GTO is the world’s most sought-after car, especially as there were only 39 models built between 1962 and 1964.

How Much Is That Doggy Worth? (Infographic)

Relative costs of caring for a pet, from Golden Retrievers to goldfish.

Working with Lucian Freud

A unique insight into Freud's life and work - by his assistant, model and friend of 20 years.

Interesting Science Stories

Strange life found in underwater caves

Clues to how life evolved, not only on this planet but also possibly on alien worlds, might be found in underwater caves in the Bahamas, researchers say.

Researchers revive the call of a Jurassic katydid

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Researchers reproduce a katydid's call from 165 million years ago, based on an analysis of fossilized wings found in China.

Russians reportedly hit buried Antarctic lake

Several Russian news outlets are reporting that Russian scientists have successfully drilled to Antarctica's Lake Vostok, a massive liquid lake cut off from daylight for 14 million years and buried beneath 2 miles (3.7 kilometers) of ice.

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