Two elephants have been saved from the deadly Siberian cold by drinking vodka, officials say. They say the elephants had…
English has become a common language for internet users from around the world. In the process, the language itself is…
A new species of small nocturnal primate has been discovered by scientists in Borneo. The primate is a type of…
In a new study, Hubble astronomers have observed deeper into space than ever before. In doing so, they have identified…
University of Chicago has made a startling new discovery regarding accent-based biases and how these preconceptions form at a very…
UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar, have closed with a historic shift in principle but few genuine cuts in greenhouse gases.…
North Korea plans to launch a long-range rocket between 10 and 22 December, KCNA news agency says. The KCNA agency…
North Korean historians claim they have unearthed a unicorn lair. A report released by the History Institute of the DPRK…
Era of shoguns and samurai is long over, but Japan does have one, or maybe two, surviving ninjas. Experts in…
Sandy Island in South Pacific, shown on marine charts and world maps as well as on Google Earth and Google Maps,…
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's classic novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was published 50 years ago this month. A…
The history of Black Friday began in 1966, when a story appeared in an ad in The American Philatelist. The…
Thanksgiving did not become a national holiday in the US until the fall of 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln issued…
Investigation Discovery documentary claims that OJ Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown was the victim of known serial killer Glen Rogers and not…
Albert Einstein's extraordinary genius may have been related to a uniquely shaped brain, a new study suggests. Researchers compared Albert…
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have detected one of the rarest particle decays seen in Nature. The finding…
A new study has shown that scientists have succeeded in "cloaking" an object perfectly for the first time, rendering a…
Bolivia has returned a 700-year-old mummy to Peru, from where it was stolen by antiquities traffickers. The mummy of a…
Superman’s home planet, Krypton, has been pinpointed by an influential astrophysicist hired by DC Comics. The fictional planet Krypton would…
A scientific research paper claims to have discovered that your body can predict the future. Scientist believe that during tests…
Asian elephant Koshik has astounded scientists with his Korean language skills. Researchers report that the mammal has learnt to imitate…
Bulgarian archaeologists say that have uncovered the oldest prehistoric town found to date in Europe. The walled fortified settlement, near…
Climate change could lead to bananas becoming a critical food source for millions of people, a new report says. Researchers…
Scientists have warned that a million people living on the shores of Lake Geneva could be at risk from devastating…
Meteorologists have called Frankestorm a “once-in-a-lifetime” storm but as East Coast residents stockpile imperishables and fill their bathtubs with water…