Fairies, folklore and forteana

In the summer of 1924, Scientific American’s ‘Special Correspondent in Great Britain’ warned his readers that, “the size and scope of the British Empire Exhibition, like the British empire itself, is

Bed bugs have been around longer than humans. When researchers used bed bug DNA to get an idea of when they first evolved, they found that the ancestors of today’s bed bugs were already tiny but succe

From prison palace to royal treasury: uncover the surprising history of England’s iconic stronghold

FOR DECADES HE EVADED JUSTICE, BUT IN 2018 A NEW DNA TECHNIQUE FINALLY CRACKED THE CASE OF CALIFORNIA’S INFAMOUS SERIAL KILLER. HOW DOES IT WORK AND WHY HAS IT PROVED SO CONTROVERSIAL?

There’s a giant black hole with the mass of 4 million Suns at the centre of the Milky Way. But that’s still tiny compared to its counterparts in other galaxies

The first article I have ever written – that I can think of, anyway, that wasn’t for school or a personal project – is this article, right here, and I find I have no idea how to begin. The prompt from