Thus we get two separate mysteries, twice the surprise—and double the payoff.

Such research has gone a long way in solving some of these mysteries, but often, questions still remain. Here are nine natural mysteries across the world that scientists have yet to fully explain.

SINGAPORE – NTU student Raphaella Gautama is slowly “turning into stone”. The 20-year-old wheelchair user has a very rare condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), which ...

“The Girl from Greenwich Street,” by Lauren Willig (William Morrow) "The Girl from Greenwich Street," by Lauren Willig (William Morrow) In 1799, Elma Sands left her Manhattan home ...

The fight on Egghead Island has taken a side step as One Piece’s anime focuses on the highly anticipated Kuma’s backstory. This fan-favorite character has always been a mystery, even after ...

I asked a kid but he just looked at me weird and scampered off. So now I have two mysteries on my hands but only one stick of gum with which to chew them over. Cane me, bro The Sabattus Historical ...

The Amazon Rainforest is a dazzlingly vast and complex ecosystem, a six-million-square-kilometer world unto itself. Despite its central role in countless indigenous origin stories and traditions ...

In this, the fifth installment in Trinchieri’s Tuscan Mysteries series, Doyle just can’t say no when 7-year-old Cilia Bianconi begs him to clear her father of a murder charge. But Doyle finds ...

The FBI will reopen its investigation into the 2023 discovery of cocaine inside the White House, a case that had previously closed without identifying a suspect. A small bag containing the drug ...

The Leper Of St Giles, the first episode from the third series, sees our medieval detective seeking the help of a beautiful nun. A murder interrupts the marriage of local baron Huon De Bomville ...

So many crime shows are relentlessly grim with these joyless, troubled detectives. "When murder mysteries try to do comedy, it often falls flat. You get this kind of overly cosy, twee sensibility.

Egyptologist Yossra Ibrahim tells us which mysteries have been solved and which still remain. Archive courtesy of British Pathé. Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk ...