Where tradition rewrites what’s possible. A tiny island off the coast of Japan has some of the strictest—and strangest—rules in the world. Known as
The medically documented fast of Angus Barbieri. Imagine not eating a single bite of food for more than a year. It sounds impossible—even fatal.
The rare gift (or curse) of hyperthymesia. Imagine being able to recall every single day of your life—what you wore, what the weather was
The strange physics of gravity hills and mystery spots. There are places on Earth where the laws of gravity appear to go on holiday.
Exploring nature’s weirdest survivors. Brains get all the credit. They’re hailed as the control centre of life, the seat of consciousness, the difference between
Bizarre weather phenomena explained. Most of us take rain for granted—tiny drops of water falling from the sky, nourishing the earth, ruining our hair.
How the brain builds beauty without sight. Art is often described as a visual language—but what happens when the artist has never seen the
Stories of plane crash survivors from extreme heights. Freefalling from thousands of metres in the air should, by all logic, be fatal. But throughout
