David Greenglass, an American spy who passed nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union in one of the most high-profile espionage…
The restoration of Coptic Christian Church Virgin Mary in Cairo has been completed after 16 years. Also known as the…
Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. At the age of just 17,…
Forced prostitution in Asia during WWII was so commonplace that this author asked his grandfather about it and he said…
Some of the earliest cave paintings produced by humans have been identified in a rural area on the Indonesian Island…
A trio of researchers has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for improving the resolution of microscopes. Eric…
Skywatchers stay tuned for the second total lunar eclipse of 2014 that will be visible across much of the Americas…
According to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Canberra is the best place in…
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for…
This year’s Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to three scientists who discovered the brain's "GPS system".…
On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) designated October 1st as the International Day of Older Persons.…
According to an index of the quality of later life in 96 countries, Norway is the best place to grow…
In its new Living Planet Report, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) says the global loss of species is even…
As summer draws to a close, local municipalities across the country are gearing up for the winter months ahead. When…
India has successfully put the Mangalyaan robotic probe into orbit around Mars, becoming the fourth country to do so. The…
World leaders are holding a summit on climate change at the United Nations. The aim at the New York meeting…
Multiple street protests demanding urgent action on climate change have been taking place around the world, with marches reported in…
According to new scientific research, Richard III was most likely to have been killed by two blows to the head…
A life-threatening tumor was removed from a goldfish’s brain in a "high-risk" operation in Australia. George, whose owner lives in…
A giant observation tower is under construction in the heart of the Amazon basin to monitor climate change. The Amazon…
The most detailed map ever produced of the earth beneath Stonehenge and its surrounds has been unveiled at this year's…
According to new figures, a surge in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) saw levels of greenhouse gases reach record levels in…
Mexican authorities have issued an environmental alert after hundreds of thousands of fish have been washed up on the shores…
More than 500 bubbling methane vents have been found on the sea floor off the US east coast, researchers say.…
Two of ESA’s Galileo satellites - Europe's version of the American GPS satellite navigation system - have not gone into…