Super recognizers are people with an almost supernatural skill to quickly identify thousands of individuals based on their facial features, an ability that has also inspired law enforcement to fill ...

Some people never forget a face. This is an ability police forces around the world find very useful. It now seems that this superpower can be used for more than previously thought. Subscribe to our ...

A stranger’s face flickers past you on a crowded street, and something in you clicks. Years later, you could still pick that same face out of a grainy photo. For a small group of people known as super ...

We are in the UK. The investigation into an armed robbery has been at a standstill for a long time. The only things the police have to go on is some poor-quality video footage and a few tentative ...

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He's a "super recognizer," and that's giving an unusual kind of help to his employer: Scotland Yard. Several years ago, for example, London police were on the lookout for a burglar wanted for nine ...