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Jeff Bezos, Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk are among a number of entrepreneurs with galactic ambitions.

Emile Ratelband wants to officially change his birth date by 20 years to boost his Tinder prospects.

The singer, who was ordained as a priest in 1999, has now changed her name to Shuhada' Davitt.

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, described as a spokesman for Osama Bin Laden, pleads not guilty in a New York court to charges he helped plot the 9/11 attacks.

Is the underwire under fire from a new wave of women ditching 'scaffolding' bras?

Scientists hope it'll make condoms easier to use and cut rates of sexually transmitted infections.

The anxieties of Western democracies are more like a mid-life crisis than a revolution, says politics professor.

The huge basalt statue, displayed in the British Museum, was taken from Easter Island 150 years ago.

Archaeologists reveal mummified cats and scarab beetles found in recently discovered tombs near Cairo.

Art experts say they hope the signs in the centre of Edinburgh will not be removed.

John Allen Chau, killed by a remote tribe on the Andaman and Nicobar islands, was reportedly an adventurer.

Mountain gorilla: Conservation efforts appear to be paying off for large, charismatic animals.

Scientists’ predictions of the formation and characteristics of dark matter are shaken by research into dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way.

More than half a million students take on an exam for which they have been preparing all their lives.

A hoard of rare coins is discovered in a bronze pot in the ancient Israeli port city of Caesarea.

A first-hand account of the May 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden by an ex-US Navy Seal contradicts the official story, AP reports.

As the US begins withdrawal from a Cold War-era arms treaty, can it - or should it - be saved?

Het hele verhaal van Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet vind ik een van de mooiste samenzweringen van onze samenleving. Zonder verpinken hielp iedereen dat in stand houden. Er was zelfs geen blik van verstandhouding nodig tussen de samenzweerders als dat plots ter sprake kwam. En zelfs wie net is overgegaan van onwetend naar op de hoogte, onderschrijft de samenzwering. Het is een complot dat samenlevingsopbouwend werkt, dat ons verbindt met elkaar. Het is dan ook bijzonder jammer dat de samenzwering verraden wordt om ons nog eens in te peperen hoe racistisch en moreel verdorven we zijn.

There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.

The 1954 letter about religion smashed its predicted price at an auction in New York.

Meet one of the world’s most prolific writers of disinformation

When the US space agency's next rover gets to Mars in 2021, it will seek evidence of ancient life.

What happens when your dinner surprise guest turns out to be Osama Bin Laden, then the world's most wanted man? The BBC's M Ilyas Khan finds out.