A man in Texas helps police find missing people. He’s spent three decades working on the hardest, coldest case of all: his daughter’s murder. Has he finally solved it?

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The mysterious makeup of the solar system's innermost planet may be due to a massive "hit and run" collision billions of years ago, a new study reports.

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About 99 percent of the sushi condiment sold worldwide is an imitation.

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Between Barden Tower and Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, England, lies one of nature's most dangerous booby traps. It’s a small innocuous-looking...

Francis Pegahmagabow was not only the most successful sniper of World War 1, but he is also among the most decorated aboriginal soldiers in history. He joined the Canadian Army in 1914 and quickly made a name for himself as a sniper during reconnaissance…

From the documentary "Evolution", the episode "The Mind's Big Bang", it shows how Nicaraguan deaf children developed an entire sign language on their own.

For years doctors in the US made little attempt to save the lives of premature babies, but there was one place distressed parents could turn for help - a sideshow on Coney Island.

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A Russian cat slated to serve as the key piece of evidence in an ongoing drug smuggling case has disappeared, local media reported Wednesday, potentially undermining an investigation that centers on the cat’s role as an alleged narco mule for a prison…

The oldest plant ever to be regenerated has beaten the previous recordholder by some 30,000 years, a new study says.

The great legendary Bill Haast, pioneer of venom production for venom research since 1946, was founder and director of the world renowned Miami Serpentarium Laboratories

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The Bayer Cross is one of the world’s best known Trademarks and Symbol of the Bayer Group. Find out more about the evolution of the logo and the Bayer Cross landmark

New York City is known for having excellent tap water, but why does it taste so good? It might be the microscopic shrimp.

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Excavations undertaken in Denmark by archaeologists had found evidence that cats lived together with the Vikings and even went on raids with them.