Niah Selway, 23, from Hastings, in the UK, suffers from 'aquagenic pruritus', which means she is allergic to water. Everything from rain...

In 2011, San Francisco-based Computer programmer Stefan Thomas was given 7,002 Bitcoins as a reward for making a video explaining how the...

Using earbuds while falling asleep might seem like a good way to relax but it could also be dangerous. Brad Gauthier, of Worcester in the...

Japanese graduate Shoji Morimoto started renting himself out to other people "to do nothing" and was inundated with offers. Since June...

A 79-year-old Thai man complaining of stomach pains was scheduled for surgery to remove a tumour. A gastroscopy was conducted beforehand,...

Adam Tiano, 30, a property manager from Tottenham, north London, says his extreme phobia of people jiggling their feet is ruining his...

Seven out of ten patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus in the UK still have symptoms five months after being discharged, a study...

One of Britain's oldest trees has changed sex after 3,000 years. A 55ft (17m) yew beside St Meugan's church near Brecon, mid-Wales, has...

Screening smokers and ex-smokers for lung cancer could save thousands of lives. In a study at the University College London NHS Trust,...

A lady from the US had an extraordinarily lucky couple of days in February. Idaho resident Orlene Peterson won $300,000 in the state...

A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes has been hailed as a "game changer" in the fight against obesity. In an international trial,...

In a breakthrough for people with paralysis, scientists at Brown University in the US have devised a system that can, for the first time,...

Kane Tanaka turned 118 on 2 January 2021, and is probably the oldest living human whose age has been proven - Guinness World Records...

Scientists in Australia have discovered that humans are undergoing a micro-evolution in which physical changes are observable over a...

Moving to a new house can be a stressful event at any time, not least in the middle of a global pandemic. Add on the possibility of a...

Italian farmer Cristian Mallocci got a surprise when his dog, Spelacchia, gave birth to a puppy with green fur, immediately named...

An American woman in her 40s went to her doctor after experiencing a runny nose, headache, stiff neck and a metallic taste in her mouth....

For 18 months, the village of Aberhosan, in Wales, lost its Internet connection at exactly 7am every morning. The mystery was solved when...

A healthy 32-year-old man from Liverpool, England, was offered a Covid vaccination last week, because in his NHS files he was recorded as...

An Indian teenager attained a Guinness World Record for the longest hair on a teenager. Nilanshi Patel's hair was measured a few days...